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Thursday, September 11. 2008URTX 26640 Update September 10, 2008 Steel Parts get Needlechipped James Faulhaber is pitching in on the needlechipping task in the door area.  Trimming bottom Tails Kirk Warner is setting up a fence to trim the excess length off of the newly installed siding.  Progress Progress really shows at the end of the day, with extra hands making the work go faster. Want to help? Thursday, September 11. 2008Milwaukee Streetcar 972 September 10, 2008 Middle Paint Band Pete Galayda will have the first color coat of ivory on the entire south side window band by the end of the day. Monday, September 8. 2008Weekly Update
As you might have noticed, I haven't done an Electric Car Department
Update in a while. There were a few reasons for that, the biggest was
the two weekends that had the visit of Thomas, the Tank Engine. There
was work done in the shops on the various cars. The TM L10 engine has
working air in it now. The Michigan car has had several updates that
are under the Freight Car department blogs. Work also progressed on the
Milwaukee 972 street car.
Repair work was done on CTA 3142's trolley pole and wheel assembly. The pole will now track around the carline now, and not de-wire as much. Some repair work was done on the trolley shoe of CA&E 308, as well as other minor repairs. In addition to all of that, there was some inspections and test runs of equipment that will be running for Showcase Weekend, this upcoming weekend. I certainly invite all of you to come out over the weekend, and see historic equipment running. We should be back to normal reporting after this weekend. Respectfully Submitted, Joel Ahrendt Monday, September 8. 2008URTX 26640 Update September 7, 2008 Millwork Kirk Warner is routing the v groove on new siding wood.  Other Departments Pitch In And Mark Gellman assists in the siding prep early on a Sunday morning.  Bats! Kirk Warner is removing 10 boards of old siding which are in poor shape. Inside - a bat nest complete with bat skeleton!  Field Work John Baletto is applying primer to the back of the new siding and Kirk is nailing them in as fast as he can paint them.  AHHH! The results of the day's work on the south side of the car. Sunday, September 7. 2008News and Views - August 23 - September 7, 2008I thought I would just HAVE to add some general shots of news and views taken around the property. If I am carrying around the camera, worth a picture or post of what is going on. August 23, 2008  Like on a Baby Buggy I snuck in time for a pic at lunch today during the Thomas Event. And I found Eric Lorenz working on the Cleveland PCC (CTS 4223) in Barn 4. Here he is fabricating and installing new side bumper rails. August 27, 2008  Soon to be Painted - We Hope A contract worker is shown sanding and doing some bodywork on Cleveland's PCC CTS 4223, inside Barn 4. September 7, 2008  Self Propelled! Illinois Terminal combine 277 has just emerged from the carbarn, operating under its own power for the first time in 18 years! Thursday, September 4. 2008NYC Dover Strait Update September 3, 2008 Diaphragms are Good! Bob Hunter continues to 'manufacture' and install the second diaphragm for the car. This will be the only passenger car in our collection, at this time, with complete and operating diaphragms. Thursday, September 4. 2008URTX 26640 Update September 3, 2008 Off With the Old Victor Humphreys is sanding some of the wood siding after most of the remaining paint has removed.  Grunge Disappears Kirk Warner is using the air powered needle chipper on the metal door and related parts.  Clean White Primer And finally, Victor Humphreys is applying white primer to the siding. There is plenty left to scrape and sand before winter - come on out! |
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Wed, 12-04-2013 12:37
Thanks John for the info. Any and all help is much appreciated. J.Sakash Co. has just donated a brand new drawbar sling to us, very useful. We also [...]
Wed, 12-04-2013 05:57
This reply not in its right thread, but I was having trouble posting a comment there. Again, not my Department but I believe the Olympus was scrapped [...]
Tue, 12-03-2013 08:39
Hello I have a question about one of the passenger cars that IRM was going to acquire. What happened to buying the CB&Q Olympus? Just curious as you [...]
Tue, 12-03-2013 08:34
Ah well that's a disappointment. Thanks for getting back to me.
Tue, 12-03-2013 05:19
Not my department but I know plans have been made for acquisition. When some of them became available in the first round of those retired, [...]
Tue, 12-03-2013 05:16
I am not sure I understand your comment on the pictures. In the BLOG entry the thumbnail is the image you see. If you click once on anyone of them [...]
Mon, 12-02-2013 19:07
I have a question for you as one of the curators do you think the museum would be able to get some of the old Metra Highliner cars? I believe that in [...]
Mon, 12-02-2013 18:58
the larger print is the bomb
Mon, 12-02-2013 17:25
Nice font...very readable, don't have to strain to read. Now, if the pictures were larger....the way they are posted prohibits enlarging by clicking [...]
Mon, 12-02-2013 08:22
Always nice to be able to see what I'm trying to read. That's an improvement, imho. Now, if something could be done to make the anti-spam code [...]
Sun, 12-01-2013 12:09
Hello Chris Thanks for your concern but there are so many holes in the car that there is plenty of air circulating in the car. Roger
Sun, 12-01-2013 12:07
Hello Kurt There is no active effort on the M-35. But little things are being worked on. Two people interested and always more jobs than [...]