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Thursday, October 9. 2008Barn 11 Update October 8, 2008 First Roof Panels Not too much activity on the project this week, perhaps due to poor weather. But they have stopped adding more trusses, and focused on installing a lot of the sheet metal roof. Thursday, October 9. 2008Woodshop Update October 8, 2008 Molding Knives I know this is a poor picture, but it looked fine in the one inch viewfinder on the camera! But the story - we recently received a substantial donation of tooling for our Fay molder and it will also work on the ex Illinois Traction molder/sticker we obtained 9/27. Here Ed Chase works on sorting and placing paired cutters into some new shelves while Henry Vincent adds the last shelf. Tim Peters and Wayne Baksic also did a lot of work on this wall unit. |
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Thu, 09-06-2018 18:16
I am glad to see you took away the caboose fittings; they were only added in the car's last two years. By all means, put in the right seat frames, [...]
Fri, 08-31-2018 00:23
was this car heated by a coal stove at one point in time?
Thu, 08-30-2018 20:01
Hello Raphael Well, I don't know what the plans are for the painting of the engine. Only one person is working on it and he is a paid employee. [...]
Thu, 08-30-2018 14:35
975: Will the Smoke Box, or at least the cover, get the Metalic Silver paint job found on all SP steam engines? And what will the lettering on the [...]
Thu, 08-23-2018 20:11
Hi Kurt I am working on a blog for the 649
Thu, 08-23-2018 08:16
Lots of hard work going into achieving the nice finishes that are being applied. The finished product looks great! Is any of your team still working [...]
Wed, 08-22-2018 14:38
If you want to keep up on the Electric Department, Ted, I'd recommend looking up the Hick Car Works. A couple members from the IRM Electric Car Dept [...]
Tue, 08-07-2018 00:43
Hey Paul, Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier . It was always great working with you . I miss giving you new hats every once in a while . We not [...]
Fri, 07-27-2018 20:54
It is great to see the work on the #428! But how about osme news from the Electric car Department? Their part of this blog has not been updated in [...]
Mon, 07-16-2018 16:53
When is shy 5 running this year. Sincerely, Ethan A.
Thu, 07-12-2018 17:14
It was nice to see Roger's post on the successful steamup of J. Neils Lumber Company #5/Shay. I have been out of the area for over 41 years and sadly [...]
Mon, 07-09-2018 15:57
It was test fired July 3rd Nathan. Please refer to my blog post.