Hicks Car Works

Frank writes... I was back to working on grids Sunday.  The current round is due to the 308 grid failure last week; although the box with ...

After some more inspection, lubrication, and repair of minor issues, the 308 and 319 are now ready for regular service.  Our first servi...

Dave Calendine writes:   The Fifth Annual Steam Department Benefit at the Sanfilippo Estate will be held on Sunday, June 28, 2015 a...

Joe Stupar writes: Here is another tree photo for you, taken a few years ago at IRM. No, it didn't actually grow there. I don't ...

 As Frank has mentioned, the 308 was inspected and lubed yesterday.  I didn't take many pictures of this process, as we'...

Frank writes... I was able to take a day off work on Wednesday to head out to IRM and help my father with inspection duties.  The primary ...

The new casting arrived in the mail today.   As you can see, it's larger than the original and somewhat different in shape, but a b...

In honor of your mother, plant a tree or a flowering shrub in an unusual location, just for her. She'll be thrilled!

 Seat cushions in these old cars often need new covering material (agasote, naugahyde, whatever) but usually the rest of the structure is O...

 Where does the time go?  It's May already, and we have cars to get ready for revenue service this year.   I was able to spend two days...