For all of us at Irm who have been patiently waiting for the construction of barns 13 and 14. Your wait is over. The construction began August 4th, 2015. Thanks to Dave Diamond for all his planning and Hard Work. Now its paying off.
Tuesday, the crew of eight worked till about 7:30 PM drilling and setting the column support brackets. Here is the photo progress from yesterday, August 5. As you can see they are moving right along.
Well, this is how our barns will be constructed. Quite exciting! I know many of you have been patiently waiting for this day. We will keep you informed of all the progress. If you get a chance to visit Irm in the next month by-all-means do so because this is one massive construction project! And its finally here! Thanks again to Dave and his Buildings and Grounds Crew. These two barns are being constructed because, You, the members and friends of the Illinois Railway Museum have so generously donated to this worthy project. Thank You. Here's another idea for everyone. Lets, today, start a new fund and begin donating to the next new barn, barn 15. It again will take some time to build the fund but remember tomorrow is the future so we must plan for it. You now can see the results of all this planing. Send in your donations. We can start the next barn soon. Thanks Roger
Comments
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...