Illinois Railway Museum Blog

PRR 476199

Our Pennsylvania Railroad four wheel bobber caboose, 476199, is getting some much needed work.  For you die hard fans here is the ROSTER info for this car.

Two new train doors are being made in the Barn 4 Woodshop.  Stop by and see how they are coming.

Fitting the Joints

On 4/5/08, the new doors are taking shape in our woodshop.  Left to right, we see Wayne Baksic, John Faulhaber, and Victor Humphreys working on the new doors.  Parts are being fitted for the second door, while the first one, in front of John, is assembled and ready for the gluing table.

Square It Up

On 4/9/08, Victor Humprheys is checking the square on the first new door which has just been glued up.  The door rests in our circa 1925 glue press mfd by Greenlee of Rockford, IL.

Baby Smooth

By 4/16/08, the two new doors have been assembled and glued.  Here we see John Nelligan at the outfeed end of the Berlin sander ready to 'catch' the door, while Victor Humphreys on left and John Faulhaber on right feed one of the panels into the machine.

Drilling Square Holes

On 4/26 Victor Humphreys was able to snap a pic of me (Bob Kutella) using our mortising machine on the way to two new windows for the caboose.  This was partly due to requests from folks wondering why there were no images of me on this BLOG.

April 30, 2008

Now, That is a CLAMP!

John Faulhaber has finished the fitting of a new window sash for the caboose doors we have fabricated.  He is placing it into our Greenlee press for the glue to set up, and be ready for the next steps by Saturday.

Finishing Touches

John Nelligan is laboring over the finishing touches on the new doors, adding tracks for the window in the previous picture.  This has an unusual arrangement with the window a sort of drop sash riding in framing and tracks on the OUTSIDE of the door.