Hicks Car Works

Today's report will be brief.  Mostly I was working on the next third-rail beam.  I started by drilling the vertical holes.  Since this ...

We're glad to get an update of recent progress on our Union Pacific doodlebug, the M35, from project manager Gregg Wolfersheim: My time ...

Most of today's report concerns doors, as it happens.  In the morning I spent a few hours sorting parts, but nothing worth taking a pict...

Frank writes… There were three of us working on the 451 for much of the day on Sunday, so a lot got done. Many thanks to Ashtin and Joseph f...

Friday was a relatively quiet day in the shop.  I spent most of the day working on the 460 door, Tim was painting the 268 again, of course,...

Our intrepid reporter on all things Coach Department, Gregg Wolfersheim, has somehow found himself marooned in Barn 4, the land of electrics...

Wednesday was another productive day at IRM.  I drove the Museum van to Bellwood again to pick up the next set of newly-upholstered seats fo...

Today we have another brief report on just a couple of the typical weekday projects, all of which are going along steadily. Painting continu...

Frank writes... Super Bowl Sunday featured more needle-chipping in the 451. Many thanks to Greg and Jimmy, who during the week had completed...