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Tuesday, August 18. 2015The "Beaver" is on the move!Holy Mackerel!! Yes, the Silver Beaver is on the move but has not arrived at Irm, yet! For all of you who say "WHAT is that? Its a Budd stainless fluted baggage car that we have acquired for the museums other "silver train" Yes, it also will fit well with our prized Zephyr. The car was moved from storage and serviced for the move by a railroad service contractor. In-other-words we spent a lot of money to get it road worthy. But its well worth the money! Its going to move on it own wheels! All you rail fans...watch for it! Here is the problem! The total for all labor and parts used was in excess of $2,700. For instance the "bag" was air tested, cots, had installed all 10 new disc brake pads, installed aluminum on open window and painted grab irons steps and cut levels! Now the coach dept is asking for your help to defray these costs. Having only $900 in its restricted fund you can see our needs. Please donate to the Silver Beaver Fund. And BTW why not send some$ in for our dome, The Silver Pony. We are finalizing some plans for that car as well. Thanks Roger Tuesday, August 18. 2015How do you construct a large barn wall? PHOTO  The crews have literally spaced each column almost into the H bracket  The lift machine to be used to position each wall section in place  The entire length of the barn has been assembled on the ground waiting for insertion  Another view facing westward  Here is the skeleton of the framing all set to be lifted and installed in the H brackets |
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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...