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Monday, October 30. 2017Sycamore, Illinois The Halloween ParadeYes, Sycamore, Illinois hosted a large Halloween parade yesterday. Promoting the museum is getting a large boost this year with our entrance to a number of parades. July 4, Warren Newhauser and Nick Kallas participated in two large parades, one in Arlington Hts and the other in Evanston. They were promoting the special event Day Out with Thomas by displaying a large Thomas balloon secured to a trailer being pulled by Warren's Truck. Sorry no pictures of those events. But being a participant in the Sycamore parade I have taken a number of pictures. Here are some of them. As you view them please notice that all of us are smiling. What a grand day. The Rick was playing the guitar and signing railroad tunes to the crowd. That was a very big hit. The acoustics worked real well. We all had a wonder time promoting the museum and the HHR event. Beautiful fall weather and a great crowd. What more can you ask for? Thanks Roger  The crew R to L Warren, Rick, Carnia, Zak, and myself. Buzz had yet to arrive for this picture but he too enjoyed himself.  Parade attendees  Downtown Sycamore There were a lot of people on both sides of the street  L to R Zak, Carnia, Rick with the guitar, and Warren  The whole gang minus Buzz. This time including the clowns from Rockford who also attend the DOWT event at the museum. Sunday, October 22. 2017BLE 25 Window and Body Maintenance
The BLE 25 is another example of our commitment to beatifying our passenger coach fleet. As you might recall some of our operating fleet received little attention before Paul Cronin took over as curator. Our volunteers have been slowly rectifying this the last couple of years. This project began last fall when a small crew begin polishing the sides of the car. It resumed in late April and early May of this year. We have scraped, sanded, primed and painted all the wood windows of our BLE combine.
 We have applied buffing compound to the side of the combine. Improving its appearance and protecting the paint job .  John and Howard continuing the buffing on one side.  We started by masking each window frame before we began the sanding.  Sandy just finished sanding the wood window frames and has begun to prime them.  The frames have all been primed. Now waiting for a coat of Pullman green paint.  This side facing the walk way also has been painted.  Sandy even sanded and painted the baggage door windows. They really needed it. |
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Wed, 04-11-2018 11:28
You mention in the header that you would like to have the Electroliner operational by its birthday. Was it?
Sun, 04-08-2018 20:03
As a child, IRM was always my favorite place to visit. Well, other than grandma's house next to the Geneva Sub. It's been many years since I now [...]
Wed, 04-04-2018 16:01
Those temporary walls could be constructed in a way that allows their reuse after the phase is done to close off the new phases.
Tue, 03-27-2018 03:08
Why did the smoke box cover on the shay need to be replace Do?
Mon, 03-26-2018 16:29
It never ceases to amaze me of the diligence and passion of the current mix of volunteers associated with IRM in 2018. Back when I was a active [...]
Mon, 03-26-2018 11:10
Awesome paint job Jamie!!! I never would of thought with the Rock Island history this locomotive in this scheme would of been preserved. Thanks for [...]
Sun, 03-25-2018 23:56
The Hick's blog lists it as Fruit Grower's Express FGEX #55407. Arrived in Union June 2016.
Sun, 03-25-2018 20:51
Good job on the diesel update 2018. Sincere, Ethan A.
Sun, 03-25-2018 20:45
Good job on the steam update 2018. Sincere, Ethan A.
Sun, 03-25-2018 00:12
Bill, The 1990 Roster has the PFE #68428; this may be the reefer that we saw moved. It is a rare car and deserves a paint job. Ted Miles, [...]
Fri, 03-16-2018 11:10
It would be rather difficult to operate an 11,000 Volt AC locomotive on our 600 Volt DC wire.
Thu, 03-15-2018 05:57
Good job steam update. Sincerely, Ethan A.