Hicks Car Works

Frank writes... Our cold snap continues and I believe the high this weekend was around six degrees again. But fortunately the work needing t...

In spite of the bitter cold, work continues at IRM on several fronts.  Gregg Wolfersheim sends us the latest update of his work on the UP d...

Bill Wulfert has sent in more photos and information about additional Van Dorn couplers at the museum. This time he was taking photos undern...

Having just gotten back from a couple of weeks in Florida, I can report that it's warmer, sunnier, and drier than Illinois, and we had a...

Many thanks to Jon Fenlaciki and Bill Wulfert for sending along some photos they took in the car shop on Wednesday. First off, some photos...

Frank writes... I was out at IRM on Sunday but pretty much confined myself to the heated car shop, as did most of the other volunteers for m...

Many thanks to our intrepid freelance photographer Nick Espevik for sending along some update photos from the Electroliner. The news from t...

Bill Wulfert reminded me that he had sent me photos a couple of months ago taken in the cab of our Broad Street subway car, the 55, showing ...

Many thanks to Bill Wulfert, who has been looking into Van Dorn couplers that are in the museum's collection. Our CA&E wood cars us...