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Thursday, June 10. 2010

Wood Shop and Other News - June 9, 2010 Posted by Robert Kutella in Wood Shop at 05:56

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Wood Shop and Other News - June 9, 2010

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. 2010

Freight Department and Other News - ... Posted by Robert Kutella in Freight Car Department at 05:41

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Freight 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. 2010

CCW 300 Update - June 9, 2010 Posted by Robert Kutella in Charles City Western 300 at 05:33

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CCW 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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