I've Been Working On the Railroad
By Deb Kunkle
Published:
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 2:07 PM CDT
OELWEIN – “The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road,” begins the chorus of an old American folk song about an engineer with the Rock Island Railroad. The Rock Island held a proud and rightful place in American history as a major source of transportation, especially in the Midwest, for more than 130 years, until it was discontinued in 1978.
Published:
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 2:07 PM CDT
OELWEIN – “The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road,” begins the chorus of an old American folk song about an engineer with the Rock Island Railroad. The Rock Island held a proud and rightful place in American history as a major source of transportation, especially in the Midwest, for more than 130 years, until it was discontinued in 1978.The Hub City Heritage Corporation has a caboose from the famous railroad as part of its outdoor display at the Railroad Museum next to City Hall. This week engineers of another kind are working to complete a restoration project of the 95-year-old caboose.
Oelwein High School students from Todd Kastli’s construction class have been spending class time at the museum yard carefully taking off rotten boards on the caboose cupola and cutting new pieces to fit. It’s a painstaking process that requires a lot more care and patience than just tearing down the old and building new.
Photo: Oelwein High School Construction Class members worked on fixing up the Rock Island caboose at the Hub City Heritage Museum last week. Pictured here are (l-r) Matt Baerg, Ben Ingles and Benji Irvine.
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