The coach department is announcing for a limited time, the following special offer. We have found a box of original coffee mugs manufactured by the previous owner of the Susann Marie. These cups were produced for the PV and used on trips taken by the owner in the early days of Amtrak. These mugs are not replicas! They are actuall railroad china used with his car. Here is a picture of one of the mugs.
For a donation of $100.00 or more the museum passenger coach dept. will send you one of these beautiful mugs! Please include your return address when sending in your donation. Shipping and Handling are included! I would say that's a pretty good offer! The purpose for this fund raiser is to use this money to repair the Susan Marie for operation again on our railroad. Please send your donation to the museum and mark it Susan Marie. In turn we will send you one of these beautiful coffee mugs. Please, only one mug per order! If you would like to pick up your mug in person please stop by the coach department in barn 3 and see Paul Cronin or myself. Please, enjoy your warm coffee, tea, or hot chocolate while drinking out of this beautiful one-of-a-kind railroad mug. And thanks for helping place the Susan Marie back into operation. Yes, any donations to the Susan Marie are greatly accepted, large or small, but only for $100. or more will you receive a free original mug. Remember, quantities are very limited, so please don't wait to send in for one of these beautiful mugs benefitting the Susan Marie. Thanks again, and please enjoy your new mug! Roger Kramer
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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 [...]