Illinois Railway Museum Blog

There were a lot of projects being worked on yesterday, I think I will just lump them here in a Wood Shop post.

Lamp Innards

The last ceiling lamp fixture for the Sand Springs 68 seemed to have some damage.  A little tricky to do, but we got it dis-assembled enough to make repairs.  The coiled wire in the image needs to be re-soldered to the outside of the copper lamp cup.  It did not happen yesterday since the correct tools were not available.

Bird Nests

George Clark is almost done stripping off the old siding from the Lake Shore Electric 810.  The nests behind this section seem to indicate there were some hitchikers along the way.

Depot Door

Thanks to Jeff Calendine from the steam shop, who stopped by the woodshop and volunteered to help mill slots in the new rails and stiles for the depot door project.

Two Divided by Three

What to do when you have two new doors to be worked on, and three volunteers?  For the ME 28, they all crowd in on one of them!  Left to right, Norm Krentel, Jeff Brady, and Dan Fenlaciki

451 Hardware

Jon Fenlaciki has almost singlehandedly taken on the task of cleaning and fixing all of the brass sashed windows for CA&E 451.  The heavy rains in the afternoon put a damper on that, so he switched to cleaning and remounting window hardware for the four new drop sash.  They are all brass covered with layers of paint and years of oxidation.  But Jon knows the secret ingredients to bring back the luster - Brasso and Elbow Grease!