Hicks Car Works

One of the exciting events coming up soon is the first ever fan trip on the Metra Electric!  The trip will be on Sunday, November 9th and...

Frank writes... Sunday afternoon I was able to run the 36 over to the pit lead once more for the year to finish up needle-chipping the car...

As far as we can determine, the interior of the 36 was last painted in 1946, almost 70 years ago, and it really needs to be refinished.  Th...

  On Friday night, I was a trainman on the Screamliner, and as always, it was a riot.  Things seemed to go well and everybody was having...

 This will be brief.  Before painting starts today, let's check how it looks.  With two coats, it has dried to a fairly good black co...

The ground got a good soaking today, which must be very annoying if you're trying to get your crops out.  I'm sure some of my in-la...

   Painting the new canvas on the 319 started today.  About 3/4 of the canvas was covered with a first coat before time ran out. ...

 We just received this picture from our friend Bill Stewart .  It shows the late Dr. Howard Blackburn, one of IRM's founding members,...

 On Saturday my wife and I drove down to Clinton for the annual Apple and Pork Festival, which mostly revolves around food and flea markets...

 Today the Central Electric Railfans' Association paid a visit to IRM, with chartered trips on several unique pieces of equipment, and ...

This Sunday the CERA is coming to visit, and the 36 will be in charter service.  So it had to be switched out to the door.     The ...

David writes........ I do not have any photos that were good enough for the blog, so this is a tex-only update.  Plus, I can't compe...