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Thursday, September 25. 2014Showcase Weekend Passenger Car Department UpdateSaturday, September 20, 2014: Jim Windmeier power washed the caboose-end vestibule of the 1st Exhibit Car in Yard 5 while Kevin Kriebs continued sanding the exterior of the 1st Exhibit Car. Jon Habegger was at his station inside the Exhibit Car greeting visitors and answering questions. Shelly Vanderschaegen and Mark Gellman assisted Michael McCraren with his class reunion getogether in the Birmingham. They wrapped up the party around 5:00 PM. Other Saturday visitors included Kevin Brown who stopped by with some cookies.  Mark Gellman helping out with the reunion gathering - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen  Birmingham Diner setup for the reunion gathering - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen  Railroad china and glassware on display for the reunion - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen  Michael McCraren (3rd on left) with his class reunion in the Birmingham - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen Sunday, September 21, 2014: Ray Mormann, Mark Gellman, Michael Baksic and Jeff Calendine removed the air conditioners in the streamliner cars which took all day. Shelly cleaned in the Ely and took some photos.  Streamliner car air conditioner as it was - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen  Ray Mormann helping to remove air conditioners - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen  Michael Baksic stands on the fork lift platform - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen  Michael Baksic pulling out one of the AC units - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen  Jeff Calendine at the fork lift controls for AC removal - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen John McKelvey replaced and stitched padding for a chair from the Santa Fe Lounge Car.  John McKelvey with material from a Santa Fe Lounge Car seat - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen Sunday lunch visitors in the Birmingham included Susan Stepek, her son David, and Nick Kallas. After lunch Gwyn Stupar stopped by and David crushed cans and showed off his new Thomas cars.  David Stepek displaying his newest Thomas cars - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen  Susan Stepek behind her camera - Photo by Shelly Vanderschaegen |
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Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
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...