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Rail & Wire #203 March/June Illinois Railway Museum Switches
Rail & Wire Issue #203 March/June
Looking Back at a Yearlong Success -
IRM's 50th Anniversary by Peter J. Schmidt3
The Men & The Car That Started It All staff report 6
Celebrating the First 50 Years, and
Kicking Off the Next Half Century by Barbara Lanphier 7
2003 Museum Showcase Weekend photos by Peter J. Schmidt 8
2004 Steam Dates Announced,
1630 Passed Her Test staff report9
We've Been Working on the Our Railroad -
Surfacing Project 2004 by T.W. Hunter, Roadmaster 10
Spotting Bad Ties 11
Spikes, Ties, and Tie Plates 12
Detecting Track Defects 14
Rail Joints and Joint Bars 15
All About Switches 16
Passenger Coach Department News,
The "Silver Cars" are coming in! by Gerry Boguse and Roger Kramer 18
Restoration Work on -
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 504 by James Kolanowski, Curator 20
Only a Visitor... photos by Barbara Lanphier 24
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