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Monday, March 5. 2012Wood Shop Update - March 3-4, 2012I spent a lot of time this weekend on admin chores, meetings, things which disrupted my plans to take more pics.  Windows Victor Humphreys is working on a new engineer's cab window for Norfolk & Western 2050. The new fireman's window is complete except for parts we are waiting for from the Steam Department. Buzz Morisette helped out in the afternoon and much of the tricky work is done.  Pressing Work Jeff Brady is at our hydraulic press with a brakehead for the TM 972 truck. As we have been reporting here, new pins and bushings are being fabricated on site to renew and provide years of service for the brakes and rigging.  A Clear Picture Ray Schmid is cleaning up the second piece of cathedral prism glass for the Michigan Electric 28 upper sash windows. This car has paired windows for the upper sash, two windows wide. AND it has two windows for every opening, an inner sash and an outer storm window type of sash over that inner one. So you BLOG readers can look forward to seeing a lot of "window" entries here in the future.  Mounting Ray and Dan Fenlaciki are mounting the cleaned glass into a previously prepared and restored wood sash frame. Both inner and outer sash use the cathedral style prismatic art glass, but the inside of the glass for the inside sash is frosted, as compared to the conventional clear glass inside of the outer sash. Got that? Monday, March 5. 2012Acquisition NewsDEJA VU - ALL OVER AGAIN! Yes, folks, it is time to re-new an old friendship and an old project.  Erich Russ Photo At almost this same time four years ago we were hot on the trail of CGW 4051, a rare Russell Snow Plow. This is a piece of equipment not represented in our collection, is a piece of Midwest railroad history, and few if any remain today. The plow was built by Russell in 1936 as a single track version of a wedge plow, and was delivered as CGW X 38. IRM Board approval was in place, we had but a few weeks to make this happen before the threat of scrapping would begin. At the last minute we were advised that another preservation group had moved in and 'poached' this piece and IRM was out of the picture. UP had donated it to them. FAST FORWARD. The plow still exists and sits where pictured above in Milwaukee. The other group failed to execute a move to their site, and it still needs to be 'gone' from the railroad. The other group did not comply with the terms of the agreement to move that piece, and have been contacted by IRM Executive Director Nick Kallas. They make no claims as to ownership or have any further interest in this plow. So we are back in the race! Yesterday Nick and another member were on site in Wisconsin preparing for a move of the plow to IRM. It could happen SOON! I have gone back and done a search for messages on the IRMlist site - it was our defacto BLOG and CHAT site at the time. There are many posts in that string and many of you came forward with interest in the project and pledged donor support. NOW IS THE TIME to make good on your pledges. And perhaps to increase the promised amount?? Anyone else out there, please consider helping to cover the costs of this acquisition, help is needed. Mark your donation for CGW 4051. Thank you.
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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. [...]