Illinois Railway Museum Blog

I am going to continue to mix topics of interest in here, as generally they may not have enough of a series of pics or back story to stand on their own in a separate BLOG entry.

Panels

But true to the header, we will start with continuing progress on woodwork related projects.  Victor Humphreys and Lorne Tweed have glued and assembled the second panel for the new station door.

Finish Work

Victor Humphreys is working on touch up and repair of some divots on the frame, and you will see gray primer has been applied to all the rabbets where the raised panels will be installed.  Those panels 'float' in the grooves and are NOT GLUED in place.  This allows them to expand and contract with seasonal changes.  But therefore, all edges on the panels and in the door must be sealed and painted before the final gluing of all frame pieces takes place.

Brass Shop

Pete Galayda examines a shiny polished brass window latch while Simon Harrison uses a felt wheel and buffing compound to work on another.  If you look close you can see this mirror like polish glinting into the camera. These are latches and hardware destined for installation in Sand Springs 68.

Layout

Here are some pieces of a large scale 1:24 model railroad layout that has been donated to IRM by a long time friend and supporter who has had to relocate his residence.  Henry Vincent was instrumental in doing the grunt work of driving across three states to pick this up.

That Did Not Take Long

We reported in an earlier BLOG ENTRY that it seemed that repairs would soon be underway on Depot Street.  A few days later and several feet of paving have been broken up and are being removed.  The connection to the wood shop subject is that several volunteers access the shop over this street.  A word to the wise should be sufficient!