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Friday, June 4. 2021Progress update of the Multi Purpose BuildingHere are some recent construction pictures of our Multi Purpose Building.  This is the front of our building where the concrete sidewalk is being poured.  Contractors at work.  Front railing being installed.  Interior wall installation.  Wallboard being installed in the model RR display room.  More installation of wallboard.  Milwaukee Road Historical Association portion.  Wallboard installed in the model RR area.  This huge area is where the Pullman Library archives will reside.  Wall area has been taped, sanded and ready for priming and painting.  First coating of wall primer has been applied.  Painting contractor working his trade. Please consider visiting your museum this year. Along with the many continuing restoration projects, our focus this past year involves creating more displays and giving the visitor a more educational and friendly experience. Thanks to our Buildings and Grounds Manager, Dave Diamond, for all the hard work he and his team have placed on this new building. Thanks, Roger. Monday, February 24. 2020A Synapasis of Building Construction, Multi Purpose Building UpdateHere are some pictures of the building construction which will house the model railroad display, Milwaukee Road Historical Association displays and the new home for the Pullman Library Archives. The museum should be very proud of this monumental construction project. Dave Diamond has done a marvelous job as general contractor scheduling the various companies to complete this building!  outside brick laying begins  Contractors can install brick but it must be heated in the area.  These contractors are installing the huge heating and a/c plants.  This is what it looks like from the inside as they are laying the brick and cement block.  Window framing is almost done.  Another view from the inside. Please notice the large plastic curtain. That is how the heat is kept in the work area.  Inside the front half of the building. The wall is the divider between front and back half of building.  Close-up view of the exterior.  Another angle  Brick work is almost done the plastic has been removed to show the front of the building.  Another exterior view.  A close up view of the brick work. All the masonry work was being preformed a week either side of the Christmas holiday. Talking to Dave he hopes to have the building interior finished by either late Spring or early Summer of this year. Thanks, Roger Kramer Tuesday, May 8. 2018Just Another Weekday and Weekend
The museum along with the with the help of two departments, track and buildings and grounds, has begun removing and demolishing the old bookstore site next to our station. This will, first of all, remove a long awaited eye sore and then open up the visual site lines for the trains at the station as well as traveling by it on our mainline. Here is a sequence of events and the results of each.
 Please notice that the work has already begun moving rail into position.  Here  are  The track crew poses for a smiley picture  photos  0f  the  moving of the various equipment.  The track dept crew poses for a quick picture. Another one ! Wow What a bunch of photo hounds!  We are going to scrap this old CNW wood RPO baggage car built in 1898  Yes, ladies we do had a number of young ladies volunteering at Irm. This is Carnia who volunteers mainly in the steam dept. She is using a pneumatic spike puller to remove the old spikes.  Two of the bookstore cars already have been removed  The track crew moved part of the streetcar line over to temporarily connect to the storage tracks  Another view This time to rails are reconnected to the northern rails  The old CNW wood baggage-RPO being moved  View of the work area  Now the area is void of all bookstores cars  Next job is to scrap the remaining piece, the old ttx flat car. Yes, thats Karl giving the old salute.  More  views  Of the cleared area  All that left in this picture is a few ties and old rail  The entire area is now cleared and ready for sod and trees |
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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 [...]