Matt3985

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Just a horse furry/brony who likes trains. Currently 31 years old. I volunteer at the Illinois Railway Museum in their steam department. Want to chat, my discord is below

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Built in 1935, this is a “butter dish” milk car, so called because of its unusual Art Deco-inspired shape. It was designed for hauling fresh milk inside of large glass-lined tanks. After the transportation of milk had switched to over-the-road trucking, this car was used to transport glue products.

Also from last weeks Saturday switching out of barn 3 was our Chicago Great Western X38 is a Russell snow plow built for clearing snow off of the railroad tracks. It is not powered, but rather was designed to be pushed by a locomotive. The shape allows it to push snow off to either side of the track

On Saturday, some stuff was moved outside of barn 3 as some track work needs to be done, one of the pieces of equipment brought out is #7, built by Baldwin in 1926 for the Public Service Co., of Northern Illinois at Waukegan, IL. It was the first steam locomotive donated to the museum in 1961.

Here is a unique one, this 1947 Dodge 4-door sedan was equipped with special wheels that rode on the tracks. It was used by Milwaukee Road officials to travel along the railroad. This car is a precursor to today’s “highrail” pickup truck, widely used by American railroads. It was retired in 1961.

Had a fun time working with our C&NW Wrecker Crane on Saturday at the museum.

Our Illinois Central 2-6-0 3719 is starting to look much better now than when it first came into the shop.

Here are my thoughts on this years Super Bowl…. Let’s GO CUBS!!!

Couldn’t go to the museum today so I went to my museum yesterday after work to work on some model trains.

Also our museum got a new passenger car back on Saturday. Milwaukee Road “Buffeteria” dining car 126 built in Milwaukee in 1948. Originally the car was a streamlined 48-seat diner with a full kitchen. In 1964, the railroad rebuilt car 126 and two others as “Buffeteria” dining cars.

So sorry for the delayed response on my mom but she got back from the hospital on Friday night and is back home now and she is better now. Thanks everyone for your concerns.

Just found out my mom is in the hospital right now In the emergency room. 😞

The day after on Sunday I finally got around to making a new YouTube video. This is from our Steam Into Fall event from last year. Hope you all enjoy it. youtu.be/ltevZ3BmzN8?...

Illinois Railway Museum Steam In Fall 2023 HD 1080pyoutu.be This is the first of a series of "Delayed" Videos that I took last year in 2023 at the Illinois Railway Museum. To Start off here is a video showcasing one m...

Sorry for the long absence everyone, the bad winter weather has kept me away from the museum but on Saturday I finally managed to head out to IRM. My first task of 2024 was cleaning superheater units in the smokebox of 1630. It’s a dirty job but I love doing it.

@calypsozebra.bsky.social hey do you use discord? You want to chat on discord? My discord username is Matt3985. :)

With all the recent snow we had recently. I decided to share these photos I took of our cosmetically restored Union Pacific Rotary Snowplow in its natural environment… Snow!!! Although it’s currently not operational it’s still an impressive sight after a lot of hard work we put into it.

Merry Christmas Everyone :)

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 9)

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 8)

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 7)

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 6)

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 5)

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 4)

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 3)

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 2)

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 1)

A new friend of mine on discord, decided to make these for both myself and my girlfriend in AI of our pony OC’S, it came out looking absolutely beautiful. Here is the SFW version.

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Ever wondered what’s it like to ride on board a steam locomotive from a crew perspective, well please watch this video I uploaded to my Facebook page (since I can’t share it here at the moment). www.facebook.com/100078245286...

At the request of Andrew... - Matthew Charles Gustafsonwww.facebook.com At the request of Andrew Ossler, I decided to share this clip of the first trip we did that Sunday evening with Brian Davies at the throttle Elena Marchal.

Today was our 3rd weekend of our Happy Holiday Railway event. We got one more weekend left to go. I even ran into @spikeymcfox.bsky.social again (Part 17)

Today was our 3rd weekend of our Happy Holiday Railway event. We got one more weekend left to go. I even ran into @spikeymcfox.bsky.social again (Part 16)