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Thursday, November 10. 2011TMS Project - November 9, 2011As reported earlier, the second motor truck was removed from the car last Sunday. But the Electric Car Department does not rest on their laurels. A crew was set up to completely disassemble the truck to get the wheelsets out on Tuesday!  Wheelsets Yes, this is the second set removed, ready to be shipped to the wheel shop!  Motors Here are the two traction motors removed from truck number two. It has probably been over a half century since this truck was out from under the car floor, when it was still in Milwaukee. And it looks it! Lots of grime, crud, and dirt in evidence. Frank Sirinek has already begun the task of cleaning one piece at a time and he was helped by Victor Humphreys, readying them to be primed and painted. BLOG readers should be sure to follow comments on these pages. Especially noteworthy is one from Tom Sharratt who is very active in this work, and he notes MATCH MONEY is still available to turn your donations from one dollar to two, for every contribution sent. Thursday, November 10. 2011GN 70104 Update - November 9, 2011The weather turned nasty this week, but we did get some lettering done before the bottom fell out of the thermometer in the afternoon. This is one of the groups, a lot of letters to be drawn and cut out with two days of 'homework' earlier this week for me.  B End This almost completes the lettering needed on the end sheet for this end of the car. We did some more on the left side, but tight quarters and poor light resulted in no images. Thursday, November 10. 2011CTS 4223 Update - November 9, 2011 Windows With the first snowflakes falling outside the shop window, Rich Witt has come up with a time saving idea and he is trying it out on the first sash of the day. IT WORKS!! Behind him, John Nelligan works to restore an electrical switch for the locomotive, Charles City Western 300.  Production Line In short order, a production line was set up and many of the sash were successfully cleaned up for this car. Nancy Ring, Simon Harrison, Lorne Tweed, and Rich Witt turn to the task.  In the Car Out in the barn, several folks chipped in for the heavy lifting. A lot of the stored parts inside were moved and organized, and new sheets of plywood installed on the floor for a safer work environment. Here, Simon Harrison and Lorne Tweed work to be ready to lift and install the first clamshell (rear ceiling headlining) to the ceiling. Thursday, November 10. 2011Wood Shop Update - November 9, 2011 Windows I bet you are getting tired of seeing this caption over and over again. But here, Tim Peters has a whole stack of windows being worked on, and which will see installation in CRT 1797. Behind him is a new 'invention' that will allow Tim to basically paint both sides of a single sash at the same sitting. It is amazing how productive the volunteers are, and how they squeeze every cent of value from every dollar spent.  Signs of the Times Not of this time exactly but of new signs being painted for the Passenger Car Department, to be used in our Rock Island coaches. John Faulhaber is doing one, and I am doing the other. See me? Right behind the camera? |
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Mon, 03-10-2014 08:48
Hello Mr. Logan Thank you for your interest in Irm and your interest in the 2612 project. We meet in back of barn 3 most Wednesdays and [...]
Mon, 03-10-2014 08:43
Hello Josh. The building of both Barns will take much prep work but can be accomplished. Thank you for your interest in the Sil Pony. [...]
Mon, 03-10-2014 00:13
Roger, I saw on the Yahoo IRMList that indeed, both barns 13 & 14 will be started this year. This is great news! I'm interested in working on the [...]
Sun, 03-09-2014 23:02
Hello I have been interested in volunteering for quite some time. If you could email me with some information that would be greatly appreciated.
Sat, 03-08-2014 11:11
The question has been posed multiple times over the past few year to no avail. For some reason I think it is a sore spot to some in the Diesel [...]
Tue, 03-04-2014 15:13
Nice work on those exhibit cars! Moving right along....
Sun, 03-02-2014 14:36
Thanks for your kind comments, Kirk! Yes, it's my hope that we can spray and hand brush, were possible, the interior when completed. Gary and I [...]
Sun, 03-02-2014 10:03
Thanks. Appreciate the effort. greg
Sun, 03-02-2014 08:37
Greg, I talked to Tom Schneider, the curator of the Steam Department yesterday. Rather as I suspected, he does have a good deal of information [...]
Sat, 03-01-2014 10:33
Congratulations on your great progress. Is your intent to spray the interior after repairs and priming are completed and the weather warms up? What [...]
Thu, 02-27-2014 13:59
Hello, I was wondering if you had a history of the Louisiana and Arkansas #99 from the time it was the LR&NCo until it was acquired by the [...]
Tue, 02-25-2014 09:05
Jamie can you give me any information on Milwaulkee Road 33C as i havent seen any information on it in a couple of years.