Hicks Car Works

News and views of progress at the Illinois Railway Museum

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Thomas in the Rain

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The second Saturday of Thomas featured rain during much of the day, but we are able to deal with it and make the event a success nonetheless...
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Monday, July 14, 2025

Sunday Report

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Frank writes... The first weekend of Day Out With Thomas 2025 has come and gone - one down, one to go! I wasn't able to make it out to t...
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Sunday, July 13, 2025

The New Museum in Town

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Art Peterson has sent along a few photos taken on June 5, 1966, by George Krambles when he visited a new (or, at least, recently relocated) ...
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Saturday, July 12, 2025

A Family Visit to the Museum

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We were lucky to have all our children and grandchildren visiting us last week, and it just wouldn't be complete without a visit to IRM!...
Friday, July 11, 2025

CA&E Steel Car Photos from the Krambles-Peterson Archive

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To go along with our recent post with CA&E wood car photos sent by Art Peterson, we now have a collection of great steel car photos. Th...
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Thursday, July 10, 2025

A Sunset Lines Wednesday

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Thanks for these photos go to our intrepid cub reporter Fred Zimmerman, who was the weekday motorman on Wednesday this week and expressed an...
Tuesday, July 8, 2025

CA&E Wood Car Photos from the Krambles-Peterson Archive

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Art Peterson recently sent us a terrific collection of CA&E photos from the Krambles-Peterson Archive. My father added quite a few to ou...
Sunday, July 6, 2025

Green Bay & Western Car Update

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Thanks to our intrepid roving reporter, Gregg Wolfersheim, for sending along the latest news concerning the restoration work taking place on...
Friday, July 4, 2025

Independence Day Report

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Thanks to our indefatigable freelance photographer, Joel Ahrendt, who sent along a photo report from today's Fourth of July activities. ...
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Thursday, July 3, 2025

CA&E Day

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Frank writes... My father and I found ourselves out at IRM for "CA&E Day," the anniversary of the line's abandonment, in t...
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