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Thursday, February 23. 2012

Silver Pony Update Posted by Roger Kramer in California Zephyr Silver Pony at 15:50

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Silver Pony Update

Riding Piggyback

The museum has received a generous gift!! A sincere THANK YOU to the gentleman from northwestern Illinois for his substantial donation towards the truck purchase for the dome, Silver Pony. We are still in the need of donations for the truck purchase but through his generosity we have taken a step closer. It's very possible the purchase will be finalized this year and the "Pony" will be placed on the new trucks this year. Stay tuned for future pictures! Thanks again, Sir, from all at IRM and especially the volunteer members of the SPC dept. Remember,if you would still like to make a donation to the Silver Pony, it still needs $.

Please earmark your donations to restricted fund R1108

Roger

Thursday, February 23. 2012

Wood Shop Update - February 22, 2011 Posted by Robert Kutella in Wood Shop at 11:01

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Wood Shop Update - February 22, 2011

The sawdust and sparks were really flying yesterday and we would like to thank the many new volunteers helping on project work. As with anything it is important to establish hierarchy and assign meaningful (?) job titles right from the beginning. Do not take me too seriously, no one else does!

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The Cleveland PCC saw new volunteer Dave Rogan (APPRENTICE) return to help install interior panels with Simon Harrison ( newly promoted to APPRENTICE MANAGER). ASSISTANT INTERIM WEEKDAY PROJECT MANAGER Lorne Tweed oversaw the assignments

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Al Reinschmidt returned again and 'volunteered' to resume restoration of the window tracks. Lorne looks quite delighted to have a new volunt- - - (victim) while Al is seriously considering his prospects.

On Track

For once not WINDOW tracks, but instead new decking for two of our four wheeled track carts. Dick Cubbage and Victor Humphreys are cutting long planks to size.

Stacked

Victor surveys the planks stacked on one of our shop carts. A seemingly simple process but one that occupied two guys for a few hours. There are a LOT of pieces.

A Door

Buzz Morisette was working on repairs to an interior door for what I was told is for Illinois Terminal 233. The bottom rail was mostly rotted away and a new piece of mahogany will be made.

LSE 810

George Clark continues to prepare, prime, and paint new siding for Lake Shore Electric 810. Weather just a little warmer will see a crew working in the barn to install these.

Resistance

Pete Galayda met no resistance as he continued to ready a headlight resistance box to install in the Charles City Western 300 locomotive.

Truck Work

Gerry Dettloff is fitting a keeper rod behind the head of a new hardened pin in this truck. The truck is from TM 972, part of the work for our TMS Project. Sadly, the next image in this sequence is not posted. The acetylene tank was empty and I migrated to other tasks, before the cylinder was replaced.

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Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update 04-05-2014
Tue, 04-15-2014 16:44
Yep. IF there were ever to be incentive or funding to put one of the larger items of the steam collection into operation, my personal favorite would [...]

Raffi about Steam Department Update 04-05-2014
Tue, 04-15-2014 15:20
yes, i remember one of the guys in the steam shop telling me that the size of 1630's wheels make it difficult to navigate the modern railway. but if [...]

Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update 04-05-2014
Tue, 04-15-2014 10:50
John, We are not intending to repaint the tender end and sides. No #1630 does not carry cab signaling. (She left Frisco service long before it [...]

Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update 04-05-2014
Tue, 04-15-2014 10:43
Jeron, I do not think this is something we would seriously consider. The IC car is already part of the collection. It did run on passenger trains [...]

John Heid about Steam Department Update 04-05-2014
Mon, 04-14-2014 20:42
I don't see any stripping on the tender..will that be repainted too? Also, I'm not sure how relevant this is to the discussion, but does 1630 have [...]

Jeron Glander about Steam Department Update 04-05-2014
Thu, 04-10-2014 01:58
Nigel, I know the auxiliary water tender for Frisco 1522 was for sale a year or two ago. I don't remember if it was sold, or is still for sale. I [...]

Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update 04-05-2014
Wed, 04-09-2014 22:32
Yes. We are looking at what it would take to rig it like the existing one to use as a water back up for #1630. It currently lacks the [...]

Chris about Steam Department Update 04-05-2014
Wed, 04-09-2014 10:34
It is interesting to see both the milk cars together. I had been wondering if the steam department would use the IC car. The Railway Express reefer [...]

Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update 03-15-2014
Sun, 04-06-2014 17:53
Perhaps because it would be months of work to lift the tender from the trucks and then ship the trucks to a facility with a bath big enough to do [...]

Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update 03-01-2014
Sun, 04-06-2014 17:51
Not to my knowledge

Nick Gawriluk about March 30th, Warm Weather Strikes IRM
Sun, 04-06-2014 15:24
Would the passenger car department be interested in some donated "Pullmman Style" wool blankets and/or travel type pillows for display purposes in the [...]

Matt Maloy about Steam Department Update 03-01-2014
Mon, 03-31-2014 08:40
I've heard rumors that the museum is trying to get another GTW 0-8-0. Is this true?