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Monday, July 20. 2015
Here is a little progress report on our job to completely restore the 2612 to operation. Our crew has expanded their efforts and I now see the possibility of getting all window frames and window sills painted before Thomas! Yes, the entire interior might be completely repainted by the time Thomas rolls up to our gate! Its a great job everyone has been doing. It's a lot of repetitive work. You would be surprised how long some tasks take. Eventually if you keep at it, the work does get completed.
These four people are the nucleus of our work team on the RI 2612. Thanks again to Howard, Loraine, Dan and Austin. Without them the car would not be ready for this years Thomas Event!.
Sunday, July 19. 2015
Below is the most recent version of the line up for Diesel Days on Sunday, July 19th, 2015. The Nebraska Zephyr will be serving lunch service in the diner. The parade is scheduled to begin at 1:00pm. | USA 8537 | | METX 308 | | CNW 1689, CNW 4160 | | GBW 2407, CBQ 504, Caboose train | | NP 14 | | IT 1605, MBTA 902 | | CBQ 9255 | | MILW 37A, MILW 118C | | SP 1518 | | CNW 6847, Coach Train | | MILW 760 | | CE 15 | | BN 5383 | | BN 3, bilevels, BN 1 | | CBQ 9911A, Nebraska Zephyr |
All schedules and equipment subject to change without notice.
Saturday, July 18. 2015
Below is the most recent version of the line up for Diesel Days on Saturday, July 18th, 2015. Even though the weather is supposed to be hot, we'll be running a couple of air conditioned trains and the Nebraska Zephyr will be serving lunch service in the diner. The parade is scheduled to begin at 1:00pm. | USA 8537 | | METX 308 | | GBW 2407, CNW 1689 | | NP 14 | | SP 1518 | | MILW 760 | | CNW 6847 | | CBQ 9255 | | CNW 4160, IT 1605, MBTA 902 | | CE 15 | | BN 1, BN 2 (DIC), Coach train | | MILW 37A, MILW 118C | | CBQ 504 | | BN 5383 | | BN 3, bilevels | | CBQ 9911A, Nebraska Zephyr |
All schedules and equipment subject to change without notice.
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Comments
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 [...]