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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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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 [...]