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Thursday, June 11. 2009

Reminder of RPO Days - June 13th and ... Posted by James Kolanowski in News and Publicity at 15:37

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Reminder of RPO Days - June 13th and 14th

Just a reminder that the Illinois Railway Museum will be making catches from the Coach Train this coming Saturday and Sunday (June 13 and 14, 2009) featuring former RPO (Railway Post Office) clerks all day Saturday and a portion of Sunday. Eight or more former clerks are expected to be on site with most on Saturday. Some will be at the Museum on Sunday through the morning. Many of these men will be making their first catches from a moving RPO for the first time in over 40 years.

The Union, Illinois Post Office canceling mail with a special cancellation remembering the adjacent UP (former C&NW) rail line where the Chicago & Freeport RPO once operated. IRM will be selling cachets with the special postal cancellation as a fundraiser to repaint the RPO car (former CB&Q 1923).

No formal presentations are planned. Instead, the former RPO clerks will do the talking. This year's RPO days at IRM does two things. First, this event brings together former clerks to share their experiences with visitors and to give the former clerks the opportunity to make another catch after more than 40 years since they last worked in RPOs. Second, this event allows these clerks to share their stories of working on the rails with the public.

Come on out to IRM to meet these former clerks. The website for IRM is www.irm.org.

I thank all at IRM who have made this event possible and for the former clerks traveling to IRM to share their stories. Without the support of the Passenger Car Department, the Operating Department, and all of the volunteers at IRM, this event could not take place.
Jon Habegger

Thursday, June 11. 2009

NSL 749 Restoration Photo Gallery Posted by James Kolanowski in Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee 749 at 15:20

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NSL 749 Restoration Photo Gallery

NSL 749 Restoration Gallery

I have created a photo gallery for the 749 restoration by compiling and transferring photos from many different member galleries. As new photos are uploaded to the member gallery, they will be moved to this gallery periodically. For those that want to upload to this new album, let me know and I'll add the permissions to the album.

Thursday, June 11. 2009

URTX 26640 Update June 7, 2009 Posted by Robert Kutella in URTX 26640 Insulated Boxcar at 05:11

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URTX 26640 Update June 7, 2009

Truck Work

Truck work has started and here we see John Baletto needlechipping the years of grunge and failed paint off of one of the truck sideframes. Just think - if you volunteer we can teach YOU to do this work!

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James Kolanowski about Milwaukee Road 33C update
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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.

Jason E about Progress update of the Multi Purpose Building
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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 [...]

Thomas about It Happened One Saturday at IRM
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Nice to see 428's cab back on. Looking forward to when it is operable!

Ted Miles about It Happened One Saturday at IRM
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Alex Schneider about Dover Strait Progress Part Three
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