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Sunday, April 17. 2011CCW 300 Update - April 16, 2011Pete Galayda continues his fine work on the Charles City Western steeple cab electric locomotive, and has forwarded a few photos. Every week throughout the recent winter and cold months he, and helpers, have been at work in our heated shops, or as conditions allow, out on the locomotive itself.  Deck Framing This is the last piece of angle iron framing which is used as a cap strip on the wood decking at each end of the locomotive.  West End A milestone has been reached. Here is the completed decking on the west end of the locomotive, complete with the steel cage for resistance grids in place. WOW!! A lot of work and an impressive accomplishment. Sunday, April 17. 2011Passenger Car Views - April 16, 2011Here is an image captured by Roger Kramer, taken on a near perfect day for photos, good sun, great sky. This was certainly not the case yesterday with driving wind, sleet and SNOW!!  Silver Pony Phil Stepek is leading this project, one that has seen a dome car added to our collection. A dome car has been a decades old goal for IRM, and one that many had given up hope of achieving. In the above image you can see where replacement of window glass is in the the works. Funds are needed to replace broken or missing windows and this is not an inexpensive proposition, aside from the actual work involved. And the car is not yet in place on its trucks, moving and other acquisition costs not yet satisfied. So please help with your donations, large or small. |
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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 [...]