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Tuesday, August 19. 2014First Thomas Weekend Coach Department UpdateThanks again to John McKelvey for his continued work on the Heniretta seats! He and his team got them done in time for Thomas! Michael Baksic, Shelly Vanderschaegen, Ray Mormann, Mark Gellman and Kevin Kriebs started early Saturday morning and opened windows on all Thomas cars. Then Saturday night, after the last Thomas train, the same crew collected garbage, blew dust and grass out the cars with leaf blowers then Swiffered the seats and windows. A big thank you to the volunteer kids that came in and cleaned the windows afterwards on Saturday and Sunday!  Thomas the Tank Engine leads the Henrietta and other passenger cars - Photo by Michael McCraren Shelly was in the Santa Fe lounge car telling people about the car, taking pictures for families, and directing traffic through the line of display cars. On Saturday, Lee Evans Sr. and Kevin Kriebs took turns manning the Birmingham diner with Michael McCraren and Mark Gellman. They talked to visitors about a railroad china display set up on a table in the Birmingham and answered questions about IRM. On Sunday, Michael McCraren was conductor on the coach train. Kevin Kriebs and Lee Evans Sr. manned the Birmingham all day.  Kevin Kriebs talks with visitors in the Birmingham - Photo by Michael McCraren Over both days, Ray Mormann, Mike Baksic. and Mark Gellman completed air brake tests on all the silver cars and they are now ready for Halloween. Jon Habegger greeted visitors in the 1st Exhibit Car Saturday and Sunday.  Michael Baksic and Mark Gellman conducting air brake tests - Photo by Michael McCraren  Coach Department Curator Michael Baksic takes a break - Photo by Michael McCraren Big thanks to Nick Kallas for giving the Coach Department a sandblaster which helped to get the Henrietta ready in time for Thomas. Also big thanks to David Stepek for making a special effort to come out and crush cans for the Coach Department. That was a really big help. And a lot of thanks to our many visitors who came to see Thomas and ride on our fleet of passenger cars! We appreciate you!! |
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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 [...]