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Monday, June 29. 2015Wednesday, June 17 and 24 Activities
Just a rather short report concerning the various projects plus, a mention about a new one now underway. The ATSF 2544 combine project has finally begun. We are painting the wooden floor in preparation for the installation of walkover seats! Our intentions are to install the 14 seat frames that were painted about three years ago and fasten them to the wall and floor. The next step will be to find enough seat cushions and backs to complete each frame and make the combine operable. After that inspect the brake system and repair any problems.
 Loraine Bixler working on her hands and knees painting first coat on the floor  The floor had been prepped a few years ago by Shelly Mike and Ray  This is the area I plan on repainting on the 2555  Andy is sanding the last of the area around the door frame  Many of the seat backs have been removed to allow me to install new wood window sills  Here is one still ready to be installed  Bob Olsen has begun the laborious task of removing the old paint from the ceiling ribs  The crew of Ray, Dan, and John. Ray is removing one of the last old seat covers.  Howard working his magic  The car sure looks better even in gray primer  Dan Senior and Dan Junior as we call them are working on various outside jobs  Bob is installing one of the 12 freshly painted ceiling vents  Paul has just delivered 2500 lbs of sandblasting material. Monday, June 29. 2015A Great Financial Opportunity in support of the Mt. Harvard
An opportunity for supporting the acquisition of the Mt. Harvard has been graciously offered to IRM by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association. Earlier this month President Bob Storozuk came out to IRM for a visit. He met with Nick Kallas, Paul Cronin and myself to discuss an idea he wanted to share with us. Here is his idea. The Milwaukee Road Historical Association, better known as MRHA, would like to help with the cost of moving the Mt. Harvard from the Mid Continent Railroad Museum, to the Irm campus. Speaking for the MHRA, in which he is the President, he offered to match any Mt. Harvard donations sent to Irm on a ONE:ONE basis. In other words, for every dollar sent in for the Mt. Harvard, his organization would also send in one dollar up to a total of $10,000.00. What a generous offer!! There is a time limit to this offer and it expires August 31, 2015.
 Exterior picture of the lounge end  Inside the lounge Sunday, June 14. 2015Another couple of Wednesday's of sucesses
The last couple of volunteer Wednesdays have been quite productive in the coach dept. The first Wednesday in June we had 9 people working on various projects From more needle chipping on the RI2612 and the 2555 to sandblasting of parts for the upholstering of seats to painting on the L&N diner. Here all some representative pictures and the people that made it happen.
 Dan and Paul looking at a replacement brake beam for a RI coach  Austin and Loraine again chipping on the exterior of the 2612  Jane and John working on the RI seat reupholstery in barn 4 work shop  After everyone went home I took this picture of the 2612.  In the afternoon Jane work in the 2726 diner scraping some old paint off of the hallway ceiling  Jerry Boguse was painting in the kitchen of the 2726 diner. Can you smell the paint drying?  Lunch break The whole crew  Everybody is busy. From left to right Ray, Bob, Dan Bixler and Dan Boguse.  I forgot to include this picture a couple of weeks ago. Heres Paul having a laugh with Dennis D . |
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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 [...]
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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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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
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]