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Monday, October 6. 2008UP 25086 Update October 5, 2008A RAIN OUT! But the plan was to paint the roof red on this caboose today. Here are some Kirk Warner photos.  Might Mite The trusty little Joy 2 was used to pull the caboose from Barn 3. In an extraordinary bit of "museum first" cooperation, the Steam Passenger Coach Dpeartment has made a space available in Barn 3 for most of the summer for Freight Department painting projects. This keeps the car clean and dry and allows masking without weather worries.  Ready to Paint Here we are ready to paint, about the time the first raindrop fell. Back into Barn 3 to await another day. Thursday, October 2. 2008Barn 11 Update October 1, 2008 Framing Amazingly, it seems the contractor worked both days last weekend, but not Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday this week. Here is the current state of affairs, and you can begin to appreciate the size of this structure. Thursday, October 2. 2008UP 25086 Update - October 1, 2008 In Primer The crew and painter worked Tuesday to get the car completely primed. Here is the ghostly sight we encountered early Wednesday morning.  The FIRST Yellow And now for the Armour Yellow. First the cupola area.  Looking Good Then - two coats on the south side.  Nearly Done The sun was getting low but the north side has some yellow and on to the east end. |
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Fri, 03-29-2024 21:26
We're slackers and spend more time working on the equipment in the shop than keeping all you readers updated. We'll work on it, but I'm sure updates [...]
Thu, 03-14-2024 08:02
What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
Mon, 12-27-2021 16:28
Happy New Year to all the Departments at the Illinois railway Museum! Thanks for all the good work you do in railroad preservation. Ted Miles, [...]
Wed, 10-13-2021 13:33
Was the CB&Q 1309 every transported to IRM?I’ve been reading old issues of Rail&Wire and the car was mentioned several times.
Mon, 06-07-2021 22:40
I was wondering if in the model layout display what scale would you guys be using and would you be displaying model train history as well? Just [...]
Wed, 06-02-2021 17:27
Nice to see 428's cab back on. Looking forward to when it is operable!
Tue, 06-01-2021 16:47
I hope the work will continue on the UP #428. Now that they are the museum's connection to the national railroad network; she would be very [...]
Sat, 04-17-2021 23:07
What is the status of 126, the Milwaukee Buffet car that is in S. Dakota? Any guess on when or if it will get to IRM?
Wed, 04-14-2021 21:09
Perhaps it is time to scrap the remains of the c, B & Q 7128 to make room for the Villa Real. Ted miles, IRM member
Wed, 04-14-2021 15:26
Hi IRM my name is Jason and I was wonder If you guys would be willing to save a CN Dash8-40cm they are currently being retired by CN and being [...]
Fri, 04-09-2021 19:56
Bear in mind that the Nebraska Zephyr is an articulated train set, so cars cannot be inserted at will. Although cars and/or a second engine could be [...]
Wed, 03-31-2021 11:37
I believe Silver Pony is currently on the back burner, and has been put into storage in one of the barns. The car needs a lot of work done to it's [...]