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Thursday, January 18. 2018

Active work force in Barn 4 annex Posted by Roger Kramer in General Blog Entries at 09:33

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Active work force in Barn 4 annex

Another cold week here at Irm but that does stop the progress of building and repairing pieces for the historic equipment and facilities. I didn't cover everything in the car shop but got some of the highlights. Take a look!

Randy Hicks, from the Hicks Blog, is priming the entrance door to the 36

While your viewing this report please realize that this heated barn 4 area is very important to the museum. Not only does it provide a warm area for the electric car department projects but it also provides for the freight car, coach and the wood shop. Wouldn't it be a great improvement if the car barn 4 was heated. Stay tuned! There is a movement from the members to build a heated combined shop.

These are the stairs to the C A and E 451. Paint is being applied so that they can be installed.

This also belongs to the 451. Its the front pilot to the 451 Once both the stairs and pilot are installed the 451 might be used in limited operation.

This is a window that I just painted . Its from the Mount Harvard and should be installed this Spring.

Part of the coach department work area.

Tim must be having a real good day He smiled for the camera

Jack worked on the GBW 109 even without heat. We do have many, many dedicated volunteers willing to work on their project even in the cold weather.

On Saturday Charlie and his Dad, Paul, stopped by in the afternoon and worked on a few windows from Jacks project, the 109.

I would say it was a good production week considering the cold weather. Thanks Roger

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Ethan Armitage about Indoor storage after Barn 15 completion
Wed, 04-01-2026 09:01
Good job on the barn 15

Amber Stevenson about Indoor storage after Barn 15 completion
Wed, 03-25-2026 18:21
Exciting to see a new barn going up! What's next, after the RAIL project is complete?

Ethan Armitage about A brief history of 9976
Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.

Jamie Kolanowski about New Acquisation: What is CN 15444?
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.

Jamie Kolanowski about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.

Jamie Kolanowski about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
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 [...]

Johncrpenter about New Acquisation: What is CN 15444?
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

Lincoln Strickland about New Acquisation: What is CN 15444?
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025

Nick about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
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 [...]

Steve Smedley about Milwaukee Road 33C update 3/23/2020
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds

James Kolanowski about Diesel Shop update 3/5/2025
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.

Joe S about Diesel Shop update 3/5/2025
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?