Illinois Railway Museum Blog

Winter didn't start out too bad but the last four weeks sure has made up for the earlier malaise. In spite of the cold, snowy, icy, did I say cold,  Sandi and I with help from Eddie and Bob are still on our restoration schedule. You must ask yourself how have we been working in barn 11 during this cold and miserable winter.  We have five oil space heaters which keep the sleeper relatively warm at 50 degrees. Let me tell you that 50 degrees sure feels great when you come in from a 10 degree outside temperature. Here's our latest accomplishments!

Here Sandi is painting the wall trim next to the entrance door.  

Another wall by the entrance door.

The entry door and walls now are all painted. 

Bob has been working on the womens bathroom.  He is removing all the old paint. 

This shows the emergency tool box.   The correct sledge hammer, saw, and pry bar, were found and added. They were not in the Mt. Harvard when I acquired it.

Here is a Before picture of the hallway. Below is the After photo. Quite a difference!

Again another picture of the hallway now showing the two side windows.

The two windows shown here were removed in August prior to the start of the hallway project. The exterior and interior sides of each along with all four metal frames were cleaned, repainted and reinstalled. You must remember that we started this hallway project way back in October, 2018!  It really didn't take us too long to complete this repaint.

Another picture of the entrance door leading to the newly painted hallway. 

Don't forget to stop by the Mt. Harvard when you next visit the museum. We are still hoping to have the sleeper in showcase weekend this coming year. That's our goal! And.... Donations to the Mt. Harvard project are greatly appreciated.        Thanks   Roger