Switch engine at IRM Saturday, August 11, 2007. Pushing car into Barn 3. Work crew seen on scooter passing by. Temperature around 90° with a fairly stiff breeze and high humidity.
Chuck Trabert filmed Gil Bruck's amazing Lionel layout on 2/7/08. Gil has some 700 vehicles and 5,700 people on his layout! See more pictures at http://www.powerweb. net/train/member%20l ayout%20March%202007 .htm
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Featuring the engine that snores! Minnesota Transfer 200 is a snoring diesel engine that caught the attention of many IRM visitors during the 2007 Diesel Days weekend. Filmed on location at the Illinois Railway Museum.
Jim Pechous demonstrates the progress in the signal display area with his remote control. Steve Foglio is painting and his son Brandon is helping with the trench. The Illinois Railway Museum is located near Union, IL. If you are a Midwest railfan it would be well worth your time to visit.
The local freight between West Allis and New Berlin plows slowly through the freshly fallen and snowplow packed snow of the Sunnyslope Road crossing at dusk on 2/11/08.
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Brief tour of the Lionel Railroad Club of Milwaukee taken 11/26/06 by Chuck Trabert. Lionel trains running on several tracks simultaneously. Lots of action. Visit our railfan site at http://www.RailfanIn fo.com.
2007 MRHA Convention gathered at Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL to symbolically dedicate a barn for the exclusive use of Milwaukee Road equipment.
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Bob Kutella was featured recently in the Chicago Tribune. He has been a volunteer at IRM and working on the Sand Springs 68 interurban car for 40 years and is determined to finish what he started. http://www.chicagotr ibune.com/features/c hi-trolleyman13_aug1 3,0,2689400.story
On Saturday August 11, 2007 a small crew assembled to start spraying a primer coat on the Dover Strait car at IRM. Bob Hunter is the project manager and Brian Tapp was assisted by Bob Kutella in paint application. Other helpers included Victor Humphreys and Chuck Trabert. All filmed at the Illinois Railway Museum.
You'll remember this great Halloween event at the Illinois Railway Museum for a lifetime... if you get out alive!
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On the evening of August 29, 2007 "The Empress" arrived in Milwaukee. This short clip was taken at just before 9:00 PM CST. It's dark. A few railfans have gathered to watch while the CPR crew get ready to bed down the #2816 for the night. See also http://www8.cpr.ca/c ms/English/General+P ublic/Train+Download s/Empress/default.ht m
Here's a quick tour of our roomette onboard the Empire Builder as we head off to Minneapolis for a train-filled 50th birthday extravaganza! Check out our railfan website http://www.RailfanIn fo.com for train and railroad realated stuff.
The locomotive is now in reverse and pushing the train in a northeast direction past the Monticello Railway Museum depot where we started. Join Chuck Trabert as he enjoys Throttle Time on the Monticello Railway Museum mainline.
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Finally, after about an hour and a half of preparation, it was time to start applying the primer coat to the Dover Strait car. Project manager is Bob Hunter; primary painter is Brian Tapp with assistance from Bob Kutella. All filmed at the Illinois Railway Museum.
A quick tour of the West Towns car 141; Frank Sirinek project leader. Frank and Bill Thiel are working under the platform to rewire the headlight circuit since April 2007. A new 1000# controller is shown that was installed on 7/21/07 by Mike Stauber and Rod Turner. Dedicated volunteers make things happen at Illinois Railway Museum.
This clip features the working blacksmith and wheel wright shops where generations work together to craft functional products using traditional technologies. You'll also get a glimpse of a model steam tractor powering a thresher and various antique other motors. Be sure to visit http://www.threshere e.org/ for more information about the Rock River Thresheree.
