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Thursday, April 8. 2010Wood Shop Update - April 7, 2010 Stripping Parts We welcomed the return of Bruce Plaxton to the shop and put him to work removing hardware and glass from some of the CA&E windows.  The Glue Press We have a wonderful tool, an 80 plus year old gluing table manufactured by Greenlee in nearby Rockford. Optimistically, we hoped to be able to glue up a few of the new windows by days end, and Steve Holding and John Faulhaber have just set up the rails and dogs to work on the dimensions of these windows. Bit first we went to our mortising machine and did 16 slots for an additional four CA&E windows slated for the 409.  Tenons Next, Rich Witt, John Faulhaber, and Steve Holding began cutting the tenons on the window rails.  The first THREE At the end of a long day three new frames had been fit and glued, in the press. Rich Witt, Steve Holding, and Victor Humprheys are checking the squareness and seeing that the frames are held tight and true. WOW!  Aliens Randy Hicks and Mike Alterio stopped in to exhange info and parts for new hardware that Mike will fabricate for the cars in the Trolleyville collection. Is it just me, or do they look out of place in a room dedicated to making sawdust? Thursday, April 8. 2010Upcoming WW II Days Planning Rebecca Tulloch was in the wood shop meeting with Henry Vincent. Who knows what evil plans they are hatching, but look for some exciting enhancements and additions to the WW II re-enactments which will occur throughout the Memorial Day weekend. I would have guessed the better category for this was more properly "News and Publicity" but as of now I do not have access to that, and they were meeting on our Shop! |
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Sun, 05-21-2017 08:14
Yes, the plan is to have CB&Q 9976 available as an alternate silver locomotive for the Nebraska Zephyr should 9911A be unavailable for service. Since [...]
Tue, 05-16-2017 13:08
Question. Will there be steam operating on either June 17th or 18th? Will be visiting from the state of Washington and was just curious. Thanks in [...]
Tue, 05-16-2017 11:36
You mean Burlington Northern #9908 will go back to being Chicago Burlington & Quincy #9976 ?
Mon, 05-15-2017 14:41
Will there be a rain date just in case?
Tue, 05-09-2017 00:35
so, will 992300 have the welded windows cut out? because after seeing a 1977 photo online, it had the windows there.
Sat, 05-06-2017 21:55
Any chance we'll see the frisco zephyr again? If so, when (if know )?
Fri, 05-05-2017 15:16
A question for the Steam Department; has any preservation work been done on the SP 975 since it arrived at Union? Is the asbestos lagging gone? Ted [...]
Mon, 05-01-2017 19:18
Good job on the excellent progress with the 1630, Shay 5 and 428 steam engines, Steam Team and Nigel! We appreciate the update. Thanks! Sincerely, [...]
Thu, 04-27-2017 15:02
We're going to figure out a way to use the rear 3/4's of it in a photo shoot somehow.
Wed, 04-26-2017 19:46
Last but not least - I'm happy to see this event as the one planned for Diesel Days 2016 got rained out. I note with some surprise that CNW 1518 is [...]
Wed, 04-26-2017 19:33
**Please note no tickets will be mailed to your address. You will need to print the email confirmation of your ticket order and bring it to IRM on the [...]
Wed, 04-26-2017 19:26
There is a link provided in the announcement of this event for ordering the tickets directly from IRM's online store. Link to announcement of [...]