Illinois Railway Museum Blog

                                                    I will make this entry a two-for....The crew has accomplished quite a bit in the last two sessions.  We are well on the way of accomplishing our goal of making the 2612 available for Day out with Thomas and the event of the year, the 4-Day Labor Day Extravaganza. Last Sunday, Brian Patterson and myself worked on sanding, prepping and priming two panels on the long wall.  Each side of the car has a total of nine panels.  With two more primed we only have two left on that side to work on.                                                    This last Wednesday was a very beautiful day with low humidity. I guess that's the reason the crew successfully completed the last two panels on the one side and have now switched to the remaining side. Loraine started the day by painting parts of 15 seat frames. She then switched to her favorite activity of scraping paint off the wall.  She loves it!  Dan, her husband, and Brian Patterson spent most of the day sanding the two remaining panels.  Brian also began sanding on the other side.  Meanwhile, Ray Erickson spent the day stripping off  layers of upholstery on three seat cushions revealing the old brown layer.  We will use that material in this car for the foreseeable future.  I then also help sand and wire wheel  many hard to reach areas.  Lastly,  I then primed the last two panels at the end of the day.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Now, there is still plenty of time to join our crew!   Please consider coming out to support the museum by volunteering your time on a project.   Like one of the team said " Now, you can see  progress!"   The 2612 team meets every Wed around 11am either east of barn 3 or by the entrance to barn 11.   Won't you consider joining us?                                                                                                  Please also remember to send in a donation to the Barn 14 Building Project.    Thanks       Roger Kramer