well, mike got down and inspected the car this past weekend, and he saw the same stuff i saw, with one distinct difference.
since his inspection was focused more on mechanical that mine, he noticed that the trucks did not have any pedestal liners in them...
OOOOPS!
seems no one had noticed that yet
so now we face one of two choices, with decisions to come soon.
One we move the car on a flat car, and fix it here,
This will add crane costs on both ends and the time and effort to install the pedestal liners once on property, a looong term issue since it would require jackng the entire car up again to install them
Two we have the repairs made at St Louis, which will add to the cost of repair for transport, but would make the car "roadworthy" and faster for turnaround at IRM.
The preliminary cost extimate is in the $4-5000 range for all eight wheels
The cost differential between the two possible solutions is the issue, and the Executive Director is investigating that answer.
i prefer to have the work done and over with, so we can begin to make the display and other preparations on the car as soon as it gets here.
Mike agrees but we both await the answers regarding cost.
So the end result, is that your donations, both past and future, will be put to extremely good use.
It is also nice to report that the Olympus now has a donation site on the IRM website, for those of you that are inclined to help us.
Thanks again for all the support thus far, and we hope to have an answer soon.
Comments
Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
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...