Buildings and Grounds

Painting

John Faulhaber carried on applying many GALLONS of paint to the wall sheathing in the new shop addition for Barn 4.

Rolling Along

Henry Vincent has taken on the task of painting the interior walls of the new addition slated to add shop space.  I would bet there is about 2500 square feet of walls to be primed and painted.  In the short time from Wednesday until Saturday evening it seems to be done!  Of course Henry 'cheated' by working long days Thursday and Friday, and having some help.  Here Buzz Morisette is helping roll out the finish coat on the South Wall.

Painting

Henry Vincent spent the entire day, with help from John Faulhaber, starting to apply primer to the MANY square feet of plywood sheathing inside this new room.  I guess Henry has no concern with heights or rickety ladders.  I am sure any donations would be welcome for this project so electrical service, lighting, and other details can be completed.  That must be done before final inspection and occupancy can be considered.

More shots from the camera of Robert Kudder.  Many of these are rarely seen or noticed by the working members as they are not prone to leaving the project at hand.

Front End

One of the locos on display outdoors at IRM.

MILW 265

MILW 265

Above two shots in Barn 9, near the south doors, of the front end and fireman's side of MILW 265.

Needs Help

This is almost an "ART SHOT" if it were not so sad.  This is a very old ATSF boxcar, number 44043.  At least it is now inside Barn 11 where some measure of protection is afforded from further deterioration.

UP 3786

Newly restored caboose UP 3786 is also inside Barn 11.  Victor Humphreys was escorting a group from Whitehall, Michigan who ventured down here to see some of our work and discuss their caboose project.

MILW 01984

Many areas warranted closer inspection.  Here is the mandatory group photo in front of MILW 01984 which is receiving a lot of attention so that it may once again serve riders at IRM.  Note that Barn 11 is not open to the general public at this time.

On Sunday we were visited by a 'delegation' from Logans Mill, Wisconsin who are involved in a MILW caboose restoration and again we were questioned about our techniques and were happy to show them around.

A Pipe Dream

Works continues on the addition to make it complete for final inspection and to make it habitable.  The new heating unit is set and ductwork run and installed.  Yesterday Max Tyms, Henry Vincent and Roger Smessaert (not pictured) began the job of running five conduits over 100 feet to supply power to the new space.

Framing

Dave Diamond and Jerry Lynn (not pictured) worked the day on the shop addition.  Some new heating ductwork has been hung, and the task today was to frame and make openings to connect those ducts to a new heating plant.