Saturday was a wet and dreary day BUT, the small Saturday coach group kept plugging away. The projects continued. One, my favorite, as of late, was the R I 2612 and the other was the Ely. Noteworthy on the Ely, was the installation by Buzz and Victor in the afternoon, of the second ceiling panel. Before I could arrive and take a picture Victor had gone home. Instead, here is Buzz along w/ Mark smiling for the camera. Last week, Mike and Ray pulled new wires for the future installation of the two ceiling lite fixture. Look closely at the picture and you will see the new wires protruding from the panels, ready for the "hookup." Not pictured, but equally important, is what the Sunday coach dept crew is working on. Mark, Mike, Shelly and Ray are continueing the painting and upgrading of the second Display Car-Railroad Experience for future Grand opening. On your Spring trip to Irm this year do not forget to visit the display car in yard five. Its quite impressive and beautiful!! My excitement for the day,was the continuation of stripping the 2612 for use in the "Thomas" train this August! I begin by throwing a few boxes left from last week. After lunch,our new member, Brian Patterson, walked in and began the ongoing task of scraping the old paint off the walls. I, in the meantime, unscrewed all of the misc screws on one wall. They were used for xmas displays by the Crandic. I also removed plywood from the nickelseats and placed in positon the nickelseat cushions. By then Mark showed up and assisted Brian in scraping more paint off the walls. The last chore of the day was the transferring of a few of the cushions to my truck in preparation for the removal of the old green upholstery. At that point it was 5 pm and the door were closed for the day! What we need now is help to strip the old green upholstery off of these cushions!! Any assistence would be welcomed!! The coach dept is also appealing for donations to help pay for track storage for the 2612. Please send a donation to the Ristricted Fund, 2612, and when doing so Please consider another to the..................BARN 14 Building Fund. Thank You Roger Kramer
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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 [...]