Two weeks ago I visited the museums two display coaches and was amazed by the professionalism and artfulness of the displays. I would strongly suggest to all the members to view this attraction when next visiting the museum! It is truly a very excellent display of just a few of the many Irm railroad artifacts. To refresh your memory they are located in yard 5 on the third track. You can not miss them for they are very well marked! Above is just one example of what a typical dining customer would sit down to when eating on the American railroad diner of the 20's 30's 40's and 50's. For those of you who are concerned about this displays protection, Mark and Mike have advised me that this entire table setup will be under a protective plastic canopy. The above picture of builders plates was donated to the museum four years ago. I do not remember the patrons name but graciously thank him for his generosity.
Thanks to Mark and Mike for taking these pictures and sending them to me so that I might blog about these outstanding and professionally created displays!
Please take the time to visit them. Its well worth the viewing time. If you would consider a donation to help further the development of more displays there will be one donation canister located in each car for your convenience. You can also send in your donation
either via mail or email and please mark it for Coach Department Displays. Again, thanks to Mark, Mike, Shelly, Ray, Mike Baksic for making this possible! It truly is an inspiration to all their hard work! 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...