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Thursday, September 27. 2018Part 5 A Frenzy of Paint on the 649
The picture views speak for themselves and are very impressive. Howard, Mary and I finished spray painting one side of the Milwaukee coach in early September. Steve, unfortunately, was not at the museum this day, but since then has been working on the exterior windows. That project along with the repair of interior fluorescent lightening will be covered in the next blog report. Meanwhile with all these changes the new look of the 649 gives you an idea what the coach will eventual look like when completed next year.
 Howard spraying the side of the 649  Another view!  Howard and myself taking a break from spraying.  Mary , his wife, is removing the last og the blue masking tape.  Matt Gustafson is in the process of removing the masking paper from the windows. Tuesday, September 25. 2018Update on the Mt Harvard
Here are more developments on the restoration of the Mt. Harvard! Our small band of volunteers continues to remove old paint in preparation of more painting. Every week brings on line new painting projects and new results. The project has received much help from many people including these two volunteers Dave Cook and Jerry McGonagall.
 The electric cabinet door before the painting.  Now its primed!  Jerry McGonagall from Arizona helps out removing old paint.  Smiling Jerry.  The next day Jerry again showed up for another day of paint removal.  Not to be outdone Dave Cook arrived to help out! Wednesday, September 12. 2018 |
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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 [...]