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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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Mon, 09-24-2018 18:39
keep up the good work on this car. Wish I could be there to help. is starting to look good.
Thu, 09-06-2018 18:16
I am glad to see you took away the caboose fittings; they were only added in the car's last two years. By all means, put in the right seat frames, [...]
Fri, 08-31-2018 00:23
was this car heated by a coal stove at one point in time?
Thu, 08-30-2018 20:01
Hello Raphael Well, I don't know what the plans are for the painting of the engine. Only one person is working on it and he is a paid employee. [...]
Thu, 08-30-2018 14:35
975: Will the Smoke Box, or at least the cover, get the Metalic Silver paint job found on all SP steam engines? And what will the lettering on the [...]
Thu, 08-23-2018 20:11
Hi Kurt I am working on a blog for the 649
Thu, 08-23-2018 08:16
Lots of hard work going into achieving the nice finishes that are being applied. The finished product looks great! Is any of your team still working [...]
Wed, 08-22-2018 14:38
If you want to keep up on the Electric Department, Ted, I'd recommend looking up the Hick Car Works. A couple members from the IRM Electric Car Dept [...]
Tue, 08-07-2018 00:43
Hey Paul, Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier . It was always great working with you . I miss giving you new hats every once in a while . We not [...]
Fri, 07-27-2018 20:54
It is great to see the work on the #428! But how about osme news from the Electric car Department? Their part of this blog has not been updated in [...]
Mon, 07-16-2018 16:53
When is shy 5 running this year. Sincerely, Ethan A.
Thu, 07-12-2018 17:14
It was nice to see Roger's post on the successful steamup of J. Neils Lumber Company #5/Shay. I have been out of the area for over 41 years and sadly [...]