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Monday, June 29. 2015Wednesday, June 17 and 24 Activities
Just a rather short report concerning the various projects plus, a mention about a new one now underway. The ATSF 2544 combine project has finally begun. We are painting the wooden floor in preparation for the installation of walkover seats! Our intentions are to install the 14 seat frames that were painted about three years ago and fasten them to the wall and floor. The next step will be to find enough seat cushions and backs to complete each frame and make the combine operable. After that inspect the brake system and repair any problems.
 Loraine Bixler working on her hands and knees painting first coat on the floor  The floor had been prepped a few years ago by Shelly Mike and Ray  This is the area I plan on repainting on the 2555  Andy is sanding the last of the area around the door frame  Many of the seat backs have been removed to allow me to install new wood window sills  Here is one still ready to be installed  Bob Olsen has begun the laborious task of removing the old paint from the ceiling ribs  The crew of Ray, Dan, and John. Ray is removing one of the last old seat covers.  Howard working his magic  The car sure looks better even in gray primer  Dan Senior and Dan Junior as we call them are working on various outside jobs  Bob is installing one of the 12 freshly painted ceiling vents  Paul has just delivered 2500 lbs of sandblasting material. Monday, June 29. 2015A Great Financial Opportunity in support of the Mt. Harvard
An opportunity for supporting the acquisition of the Mt. Harvard has been graciously offered to IRM by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association. Earlier this month President Bob Storozuk came out to IRM for a visit. He met with Nick Kallas, Paul Cronin and myself to discuss an idea he wanted to share with us. Here is his idea. The Milwaukee Road Historical Association, better known as MRHA, would like to help with the cost of moving the Mt. Harvard from the Mid Continent Railroad Museum, to the Irm campus. Speaking for the MHRA, in which he is the President, he offered to match any Mt. Harvard donations sent to Irm on a ONE:ONE basis. In other words, for every dollar sent in for the Mt. Harvard, his organization would also send in one dollar up to a total of $10,000.00. What a generous offer!! There is a time limit to this offer and it expires August 31, 2015.
 Exterior picture of the lounge end  Inside the lounge Sunday, June 21. 2015Sunday, June 14. 2015Another couple of Wednesday's of sucesses
The last couple of volunteer Wednesdays have been quite productive in the coach dept. The first Wednesday in June we had 9 people working on various projects From more needle chipping on the RI2612 and the 2555 to sandblasting of parts for the upholstering of seats to painting on the L&N diner. Here all some representative pictures and the people that made it happen.
 Dan and Paul looking at a replacement brake beam for a RI coach  Austin and Loraine again chipping on the exterior of the 2612  Jane and John working on the RI seat reupholstery in barn 4 work shop  After everyone went home I took this picture of the 2612.  In the afternoon Jane work in the 2726 diner scraping some old paint off of the hallway ceiling  Jerry Boguse was painting in the kitchen of the 2726 diner. Can you smell the paint drying?  Lunch break The whole crew  Everybody is busy. From left to right Ray, Bob, Dan Bixler and Dan Boguse.  I forgot to include this picture a couple of weeks ago. Heres Paul having a laugh with Dennis D . Thursday, June 11. 2015 |
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Fri, 01-15-2021 10:20
Hello Jason. Your comments are very much appreciated. Yes, there is much hard work that goes into all our restorations and maintenance here at the [...]
Fri, 01-15-2021 10:13
Hello Jack Yes, It will be one of our most impressive cars that we have at IRM when its completed. Thanks for the pat on the back! Roger.
Thu, 01-14-2021 21:05
Those cars look great so far guys! Man I wish I had the time to volunteer and become a member at IRM that looks like so much fun especially with how [...]
Tue, 01-12-2021 16:30
the pawnee is looking great a pat on the back to all involved
Wed, 01-06-2021 10:14
Good job on coach updates January 5, 2021. Sincerely, Ethan A.
Mon, 01-04-2021 12:31
Hello Jack Happy New Year from IRM. To my knowledge there was no damage from the minor ice storm that we had in late December, 2020. Some [...]
Sun, 01-03-2021 20:12
the museum area had lots of ice storms in area did the museum get a lot of damage
Thu, 12-24-2020 13:27
roger, Thank you to all of the Passenger car department volunteers. The #109 is going to be a great car when all done! Ted miles, [...]
Sun, 12-06-2020 08:46
Hello Ted We havenot finished lettering the 975 but we are well on the way. Look for a few blogs from me now that the wearther is colder and the [...]
Sat, 12-05-2020 18:36
i watched crew replace switch by diesel shop on dec 5. its good to see museum have equipment to do job and save money
Fri, 12-04-2020 14:56
It has been a long time with no news; have you finished lettering the Southern Pacific locomotive? Please post a picture. Ted Miles, IRM Member
Thu, 08-27-2020 09:53
I worked seasonally on the Cadillac & Lake City while the B-71 was in Lake City, MI, beginning in 1970. My primary job was steward/waiter/car cleaner [...]