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Tuesday, November 5. 2013November Chills and Thrills Started on the 3rdLet's go back to October 29th when Buzz Morisette put up the the first brace in the Ely dining room ceiling. He primed it and started working on the second brace.  The first brace in place in the Ely dining room courtesy of Buzz Morisette Sunday, November 3rd, Mike McCraren and Mark Gellman were putting odds and ends together in the streamliner cars. Mike Baksic was caulking in the second Exhibit Car.  Mike Baksic caulking seams in the 2nd Exhibit Car 11/03/13  A work in progress Kevin Kreibs and Shelly Vanderschaegen were peeling the never ending decals from the second Exhibit Car.  Kevin Kreibs peeling decals on November 3, 2013  Shelly Vanderschaegen peeling decals on November 3, 2013 Chuck Trabert was caulking one of the bay windows in the Milwaukee Road Dynamometer car. Pauline Trabert was taking pictures and helping as needed.  Chuck Trabert applied sealant around a Dynamometer bay window on 11/03/13 John McKelvey was working on reupholstering the smoking section seats for the DM&IR 84 car. More photos to follow. |
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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 [...]
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 [...]