No pics this week but I thought I had better make a short post to let you all know we are alive and well, and still working 'on the cause'. Here are some of the things we saw yesterday.
Tim Peters and Charlie Strong were working on the CA&E 451, bringing badly deteriorated train doors into the shop for work. The plan is do a quick 'patch job' to get them painted with the rest of the car, and hope for time and money to have completely new ones manufactured in the shop, at a later date.
Rich Witt continued working on a new sash for the CA&E 409, and it remains for final trimming and fitting of parts to be completed and then off to the gluing press.
John Nelligan worked on the project for five new windows for B&M 1094 and Victor Humphreys and I assembled and glued the last frame in the series.
Pete Galayda painted some sign or ad cards for the TM 972. And he completed measurung up and listing the seats inside for future upholstery work. All you TM fans should send in your donations now so we can proceed with this.
Max Tyms and Roger Smessaert were toiling at more electrical mysteries in the plan to add 3 phase electrical service to the Barn 4 shop addition.
Henry Vincent was seen glazing one new window and fitting another to the ends of CNS&M 757.
Gerry Dettloff and Max Tyms were working on repairs to our heavy duty welding cables. I would not be surprised to hear that the needed parts alone will run over $500.
Roger Kramer brought some wood inside and discussed making a whole new set of windows for the IC heavyweight diner. If funds can be raised the plan would be to do some serious restoration on this car and remove it from the Halloween Event. My opinion only, but this would be a good move for an historic car, which has suffered wear and tear due to being used in recent years for that event.
Comments
Fri, 01-15-2021 10:20
Hello Jason. Your comments are very much appreciated. Yes, there is much hard work that goes into all our restorations and maintenance here at the [...]
Fri, 01-15-2021 10:13
Hello Jack Yes, It will be one of our most impressive cars that we have at IRM when its completed. Thanks for the pat on the back! Roger.
Thu, 01-14-2021 21:05
Those cars look great so far guys! Man I wish I had the time to volunteer and become a member at IRM that looks like so much fun especially with how [...]
Tue, 01-12-2021 16:30
the pawnee is looking great a pat on the back to all involved
Wed, 01-06-2021 10:14
Good job on coach updates January 5, 2021. Sincerely, Ethan A.
Mon, 01-04-2021 12:31
Hello Jack Happy New Year from IRM. To my knowledge there was no damage from the minor ice storm that we had in late December, 2020. Some [...]
Sun, 01-03-2021 20:12
the museum area had lots of ice storms in area did the museum get a lot of damage
Thu, 12-24-2020 13:27
roger, Thank you to all of the Passenger car department volunteers. The #109 is going to be a great car when all done! Ted miles, [...]
Sun, 12-06-2020 08:46
Hello Ted We havenot finished lettering the 975 but we are well on the way. Look for a few blogs from me now that the wearther is colder and the [...]
Sat, 12-05-2020 18:36
i watched crew replace switch by diesel shop on dec 5. its good to see museum have equipment to do job and save money
Fri, 12-04-2020 14:56
It has been a long time with no news; have you finished lettering the Southern Pacific locomotive? Please post a picture. Ted Miles, IRM Member
Thu, 08-27-2020 09:53
I worked seasonally on the Cadillac & Lake City while the B-71 was in Lake City, MI, beginning in 1970. My primary job was steward/waiter/car cleaner [...]