Wish List

It takes more than diesel fuel, water, and steel to keep the museum’s trains and facilities operating. We rely on an assortment of tools and consumables for maintaining our equipment, our grounds, and our buildings. We also go through grease, lubricating oils, sand, and much more maintaining and running our vintage locomotives and cars. Without all this, operations would grind to a halt.

Below is a list of materials and tools that can assist in the museum’s preservation activities. If you wish to donate items or make a non-financial contribution to the museum, please email us at info@mrym.org. All donations are tax-deductible.

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Tools

  • Drills

  • Saws

  • Grinders

  • Hand Tools

  • Track tools

Consumables

  • Drill Bits

  • Saw Blades

  • Cut-off wheels

  • Grinding wheels

  • Acetylene & Oxygen

  • Machine cutting tools

for our locomotives

  • Diesel Fuel

  • Angle cocks

  • Trainline hoses

  • MU hoses

  • Journal oil

  • Silica sand

For our grounds

  • Salt for wintertime

  • Herbicides

  • Mower blades

  • Gravel (For Parking lots and mainline ballast)

historic items

  • Illinois Central Railroad related items

  • Wabash Railroad related items

  • Illinois Terminal Railroad related items

Equipment

  • Mowers

  • Weed eaters

  • Track maintenance equipment