Passenger Car Department

                                               The  Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound  RR,  LAKE CITY, arrived on the property in August 19, 2012.  Here are some pictures of its movement around the museum roads.  The unloading  portion will be shown at a later date.    To move this rare observation car from central Wisconsin to Irm's campus cost over $33,000!!   Nick Kallas arranged for the movement as he has done for all the museum's off-property acquisations.    It was a nice late Summer day and only about 10-12 people were present to help and record the history making event.  Only two coach dept members were there to help: Gerry Boguse and myself.  Also assisting were the Buck brothers who were in operations earlier in the day.    We sure needed their prayers for the unloading did not entirely go according to "plan."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   If you are a member of Irm you have come to realize that when an acquisation first arrives it needs to pay for the museum to construct additional track for that piece to be "stored."  This is also the case w/ the LAKE CITY.  The storage price is $75.00 per foot to construct the track.   That price includes the cost of the rail, jointbars, spikes, ties and ballast.             You get the picture.      For an 81 foot passenger car this really gets expensive.   It is an additional $6075.00    We are putting out the appeal for donations to pay for the "space."    I realize it is almost income tax time but with a donation this year to the Restricted Fund, LAKE CITY you will be working on your 2013 tax deduction!!                         In addition............ Please! Please!  do not forget to send in a few donational dollars to help in the barn building fund,  Barn 14.