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Monday, September 30. 2013
Tour of the Lake City - September ... Posted by Robert Kutella
in Passenger Car Department at
04:17
Comments (0) Tour of the Lake City - September 29, 2013Here is a short tour of the LAKE CITY, a new IRM acquisition in 2012. Ace reporter and upholsterer, John McKelvey volunteered to show us what he has accomplished inside this last season. He trundled over to take the pics and his work speaks for itself. Unlike most IRM acquisitions the Lake City had seen decades of restoration work by a single individual in southern Wisconsin who made it his life passion. Here is the rear observation platform. The interior of this car is nothing short of stunning with rich wood paneling and inlay. Imagine yourself sitting in this area with the other captains of industry, enjoying the views. John has re-done several of the chairs, and it is an ongoing project. It harkens to the era that this car was built, as it has a Pullman open section sleeping! This is how it looks in the daytime, arranged for seating. There is Men's Lounge and smoking area. This new bench seat is wide enough for three men to share, side by side. The rear cushion back for this seat is not yet done and in this picture. Each of the lavatories had a lounge area with seating. This is the women's, with seating only wide enough for two of the ladies, side by side. The next chair is in the shop as John is applying more new upholstery. I said this was an ongoing process, and John shows no sign of letting up.
Sunday, September 29. 2013
Its working...SPC Sandblaster Posted by Roger Kramer
in Passenger Car Department at
15:22
Comments (0) Its working...SPC Sandblaster
I and a few other members of the coach dept have been using the car department's sandblaster for about three years. Thank you, Rod, for letting us use the car dept's blaster. The question was always asked.... WHEN is the coach department getting their own to use? That happened early last year [2012] when we received a good used cabinet blaster. But it was never installed and made operational. This year with the help of new coach volunteers, Brian Gary and Kyle and the old timer, myself, we assembled it, adjusted it, attached it to the small air compressor and plugged it in to house electric power. AND.... It now works. It's amazing what a little effort and motivation will produce.
Here is Brian testing the sandblaster You will see more pictures for him in the future . He likes sandblasting Tuesday, September 24. 2013New Beginnings for RI 2612
Hello to all of you. I"M BACK!!!! It sure has been an interesting August! My entries in this Blog have almost been nonexistent until now. Let me explain. First, my 1/1/2 year old computer bite the dust. Why? Don't ask me? I turned it off then turned it back on and BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Well, that's not good!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sure some of you can relate. The Motherboard or processor died!!! Well, after visiting Best Buy about 6 times, calling Verizon about the same amount of time and visiting the Park Ridge library. I can finally say I am back on line. It sure was a struggle. My reception still is not to good. Between the airplanes flying by and all the interference in my house [hot water pipes for heating] and neighbors online, it sure is very difficult to get connected. THEN on top it. The most tragic event finally happened. My 95 year old dear mother passed away Aug 26, 2013. Margaret died at home in her kitchen where she spent much of her life, cooking, baking, washing dishes by hand, and chatting to friends and relatives as they came into our home. I am sure many of you can relate w/ this. Mom had Alzheimer's and I was her caregiver. Many thanks to IRM for sending flowers and Thanks for all the kind thoughts and words that many of you have expressed to me at the museum!!!! My life now is changing! Anyway...... to catch up. The Day Out W? Thomas was very successful this year with beautiful weather. No major incidents, to my knowledge, and we met our goal of placing the RI 2612 in service on the coach time. Like Mark Hoffmann said... " It sure was nice to have the 80 extra seats on the coach train. We needed them"! Here are a few pictures of the car in service.
Remember....This is what the interior looked like just six months ago. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped with the project to date |
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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 [...]
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What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
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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.
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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
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Sat, 04-17-2021 23:07
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