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Monday, September 5. 2011B&O Wagon Top Update - September 3 & 4, 2011 More Jigs Rich Witt has just about completed the female side of a jig for bending new metal for the 'posts' on our wagon top boxcar.  The Old Grind Victor Humphreys and Ray Pollice helped the project along with more cleaning of the old rusty sides and trucks, and priming. Buzz Morissete is shown here manning a grinder to smooth down the weld 'worms' on five of the new patches. Monday, September 5. 2011News and Views - September 3, 4 2011 Steaming The weather was great yesterday and the Leviathan was looking good. Here she has just dropped the coach train and is running light for water. Including today you only have three more chances to see and ride behind this locomotive at IRM. Don't wait.  Slats Jeff Brady and Ray Schmid have made hundreds of thin slats for the end roofs of the Michigan Electric 28. Now it is time to install them, basically each one trimmed and custom fit to build up the two layers to fit round contour roofing on the car ends. This is shown on the rear end of the car.  Making Tracks We have previously shown work in progress to completely replace the number 31 track in yard 3 and inside Barn 3. Those fearless, hardworking track guys have assembled two large stacks of prefabricated track panels.  First Panel The old rail and ties have been removed inside the building, and Buildings and Grounds, in the personna of Dave Diamond, has graded and leveled the track bed. Using the Burro crane, the first panel has been lowered into place and is about to be bolted up. As each panel is connected, that will allow the Burro crane to lift and run further inside with the next one.  Stripping Paint Roger Kramer was hard at work stripping and cleaning many layers of old paint from the east end of the JOHN MC LOUGHLIN. The weather turned cooler and I am sure that made this work much more enjoyable - as if grinding old paint was ever an enjoyable pastime. |
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Mon, 06-17-2013 09:50
Wish I could be there to help.
Fri, 06-14-2013 16:50
Matthew, Any special event is the decision of the museum Board. My personal opinion is that it is likely that there would be a special event to [...]
Thu, 06-13-2013 18:33
Hi, I have a question, if or when she is restored and back up and running this or next year. Will their be a special event set up for the return of [...]
Tue, 06-11-2013 22:36
The whistle 1630 wore for a while that you're thinking of was a Frisco 6 chime donated by a former member of the steam shop. It was on it a few times [...]
Tue, 06-11-2013 18:03
You are talking here about something well before my time !. I have not seen her with anything other than the whistle she now carries. If she [...]
Mon, 06-10-2013 16:17
i'm curious here. Will 1630 ever wear the ATSF 6 chime she had on for a while? Better defines her, I love the deep whistle she has now but the higher [...]
Sat, 06-08-2013 15:15
Many many many many many thanks for getting the Spaulding webcam working!!!!!
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:55
The donation was to the museum as a whole. How it is used and whether any comes to steam department projects will be the decision of the museum [...]
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:53
Basically the plan is "ONLY" reassembly. As far as we know she is is reasonable mechanical shape. The big mechanical problem that stopped her (slack [...]
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:28
Nigel I read you guys got a one million dollar check donation!!! Will this be used to finish 1630 ,428, 5 and get started on the others next in line?
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:16
So does 1630 basically only need reassembly? With the boiler in particular. Does her tender or running gear need any work before she's ready for the [...]
Fri, 06-07-2013 12:00
Hello.. The voltage we are using and presumed the RR also used is 120 vac. The system is a little unique because the lite bulbs are each 60 volts. [...]