Hicks Car Works

A list of links to on-line articles about various aspects of railway restoration, mostly but not limited to electric car topics.  Articles a...

 A brief report on just some of the things accomplished in the car shop on Monday. Pete and Fritz  are continuing to make new parts for the...

Frank writes... Both of our Shaker Heights cars got some attention on Sunday. (Yes, yes, I know we have four ex-Shaker Heights cars, but two...

My father is celebrating a milestone birthday today! I won't say quite how old he is, but here's a picture of him in 1954, proving (...

It's been about ten years since I made any third-rail beams for CA&E cars, so now seemed like a good time to get back to work.  We w...

Hope Springs Eternal by Art Peterson All Photos Are From the Krambles-Peterson Archive In previous pieces, we’ve looked at some of the roads...

I've been away for a couple of weeks visiting my grandchildren and so on in the East, but it's good to be back.  On the way, I was a...

Thanks to our intrepid cub reporter Gregg Wolfersheim, who has sent us the latest news on the restoration of our Union Pacific doodlebug, th...

Frank writes... Sunday was "more of the same" in that I spent my afternoon putting a second coat of grey on the roof of the 63. Af...