Illinois Railway Museum Blog

Fitting

Not a fitting end but fitting progress.  Lorne Tweed continues to custom fit stiles and rails for new IC 3996 windows.  There is a lot of fussy work involved for eleven new frames.

Two More

Lorne makes the final checks and adjustments on two more frames assembled and glued, now clamped in the press.  Four new frames glued, seven to go, for those of you at home keeping score.

Tricky Cuts

Roger Kramer is making a close check on some tricky cuts at the bottom of the new windows for the Villa Falls, to accommodate the weatherstipping and rub strips.  Behind him, Rich Witt sets up the router for another cut on these frames.

Final QC

One new frame was ready to go home for finish work but the second one requires another step or two to make it nearly perfect.  Roger and Rich discuss the work.  Roger is holding one of the badly rotted and deteriorated original bottom rails to demonstrate where and how the brass finger lifts will be installed.

Armrests

We have been asked to produce a number of new wood armrests for a passenger car.  Roger is examining a provided sample as we puzzle out the best way to make these, and the materials needed.  Looks simple - right?  Maybe not so simple as you might think.

Let There Be Light

Saving the best till last?  Max Tyms is making good progress with the electrical work needed to complete the new shop space.  Here you see one of the rows of new flourescent lights energized!