Hicks Car Works

Frank writes... I arrived at IRM Saturday afternoon to help out with the first-ever Hops Aboard, a beer festival run at IRM. The museum was ...

On Wednesday I went out to the Museum to fix a few problems on the wood cars, but the trolley power was off while they work on line poles.  ...

Frank writes... One of the great things about the CA&E wood cars is that there isn't that much steel in them. I'm not much of a ...

On Wednesday I had the job of driving the IRM van, which was filled to capacity with seat cushions and backs, in to Bellwood again to drop t...

Frank writes... IRM has been running trains past dark on Labor Day for over a decade now (I had to check -  2015 was the first year ) but I ...

Tomorrow, Saturday 8/30, we're going to be running the Northwestern Elevated car 24 in shuttle service, and we need a conductor!  Any ru...

I've been on vacation for a couple of weeks, so I haven't had anything to post.  We went to see Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone, the Devil...