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Thursday, June 10. 2010Wood Shop and Other News - June 9, 2010 Roof Details  Roof Details These are two views of some of the roof details on Sand Springs 68. Work continued to replace a clerestory window in this area, a side window replacement, and two of the remaining light fixtures were mounted.  Drop Sash Rich Witt was laboring to complete more drop sash, newly made for the CA&E 409.  Steam Team And Bob Milhaupt was out working in the steam department. He came by the wood shop to have us splice a repair into a leather drive belt for a threading machine.  Platform Let us not forget Ed Oslowski. He and Ray Bellock were both in Barn 4 working to complete details on CNS&M 749, prior to its dedication and unveiling on June 19. You will not want to miss this event. Thursday, June 10. 2010Freight Department and Other News - June 9, 2010 Brake Hose We have been working on caboose ICG 199458 to maintain it and return it to train service. This is one end of a flexible train line hose which is failing and needs to be replaced. The fairly unusual (for IRM) arrangement is necessitated by a cushion underframe on the canoose and the train line needs some flex and give as the coupler and draft gear silde in or out.  Brake Hose The other end.  Welders Helper The group of Wednesday Special Projects guys are working on the recently acquired CB&Q smoothside baggage car. Bill Leider is setting up for Neil S to do some welding repairs. Bill was also working to repair bodywork on the car.  Welding Neil Schwingbeck is welding on one of the end door frames.  The Roof One of the newer guys on the crew is working on rust and deterioration on part of the roof. Meanwhile Victor Humphreys painted some more of the URTX 26640 roof and re-did one of the corner posts on the car. But he was too fast for me and completed those tasks before I could snap a pic. Then he moved on the IC 9792 caboose and was removing the crumbling cupola windows. Thursday, June 10. 2010CCW 300 Update - June 9, 2010 Framing Pete Galayda is continuing on this large project. He has moved to the second end of the locomotive and has cleaned and primed the steelwork in this photo. John Nelligan looks on (supervises) from inside the cab. Pete has also completed a fairly extensive re-build and restoration of the roof mounted fusebox.  Mysteries Meanwhile John Nelligan continues to delve into the mysteries of electrical schematics and wiring. After the locomotive arrived at IRM there was the usual flurry of activity and this resulted in several rats nests of disconnectied wire and cable with no documentation of about what went where and what any of them do. In this pic John is burrowing under one of the hoods as he attempts to unravel some of the mysteries. |
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Mon, 03-08-2021 13:33
Hey, as this concerns passenger cars, but what is the current status of the CBQ dome coach Silver Pony? It was last updated on in 2016, and is not [...]
Sun, 02-21-2021 21:12
Hi Ethan The 428 has been worked on recently but the focus now is on the maintenance and repair on the 1630 and the Shay. This Spring we will [...]
Sun, 02-21-2021 15:10
How is the UP 428 Steam locomotive engine is most done being fixed. OK Roger.
Sun, 02-21-2021 13:18
Hello Max The answer is Yes, the Dover will be used along with our other Pullman cars only in special event operations. When not in use [...]
Sun, 02-21-2021 12:30
Hello Jim We will be operating the Dover this year depending upon its mechanical condition. I hope to use the car in display venue as well as in [...]
Sun, 02-21-2021 12:24
Hello Kirk Hello, Yes the Dover is now in great shape. There are a couple of little projects to accomplish when the weather changes. I am [...]
Sat, 02-20-2021 18:55
Will the DOVER STRAIT be operational for Museum trips
Sat, 02-20-2021 17:06
I’m really impressed with the wonderful job your volunteers are doing to restore this historic passenger car. Once the restoration is complete, does [...]
Sat, 02-20-2021 14:02
It is great to see the work that Bob Hunter and Gene Macowiak started in the 1990’s. Great work done in finishing the two bedrooms and the buffet [...]
Fri, 02-19-2021 18:41
Very good article. I definitely love this website. Continue the good work!
Tue, 02-02-2021 10:15
I know it is wintertime, and the Virus is making getting people in to do work is difficult, so in a few months, when it's warmer, would someone please [...]
Sun, 01-31-2021 14:37
Hello Jack Thank you very much We in the coach dept are working very hard to have these trains restored Thanks Roger