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Tuesday, November 24. 2009New Arrival CB&Q 993 - 11-22-2009This car has been on site less than one week and already a number of questions have been answered. It is DEFINITELY CB&Q 993! The car is sponsored by the Pullman Library (Ted Anderson and crew) and will be used to store some of that collection.  End Details  Casting Details  Underframe Shot  Hidden Underframe Stencil This lettering on the car underframe puts to rest the speculation on the car number.  Reporting Marks This set of reporting marks was used only to get the car moved to IRM and perhaps contributed to the confusion over the correct number.  Truck Frame And on the truck frame we can see the MOW service number - BN 976090 Tuesday, November 24. 2009Santa Fe 2544 Update - 11-22-2009Last winter a number of older seats more appropriate to the car were restored and installed.  Needle Chipping Lately, Mark Hoffmann has been needlechipping the interior walls, and most of one side below the windows is complete. Tuesday, November 24. 2009New York Central DOVER STRAIT Update - 11-22-2009 New Lights With a lot of the car interior painted here are some of the restored light fixtures working on the north wall of the lounge section  Installing More Roger Kramer is busy adding another fixture. |
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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 [...]