Wood Shop

Just as the seasons change and winter is coming on, so does much of the work change, in this case cycling back to the Barn 4 areas.

Priming

A lot of the work you will see in this report is for making more parts for our CGW X 38 Russell snowplow.  Dave Rogan started the day by priming several pieces of wood lining and trim, in the hope they would be dry enough to install later in the day.

Chisel Work

Cheryl Lint beat most of into the shop and continued her fine work in hand chopping mortises for new window timber framing.

Tenons

For every mortise there must be a matching tenon.  Dave Rogan is on the table saw and carefully cutting away at the stock to be removed on the uprights.

The Result

Here is what we are talking about.  Dave is holding the dry fitted timber assembly.  This is fit to the opening and mounting holes marked.  Then after a session on the drill press the pieces will be taken apart for priming and painting.

New Wood

Dave Rogan is checking out new hardwood lumber for the X 38.  Behind him is a pile of new stock to construct a new door for our station.  Out of view are two more piles, one for CA&E 36, and one for LSE 810.  On Tuesday the IRM crew descended upon a hardwood lumber dealer, as many as four of us were prowling the aisles at one time.  The tab came to just under $1000, but that lumber should keep us busy in the shop for most of the winter months.  If you appreciate the efforts and want to see the work continue, we would really appreciate donations to any of the restricted funds for those cars.  Those are set up by a capital R followed by the car number.  In this case funding is needed for RX38, R36, R810, and to the Buildings & Grounds Department.  Which one is your favorite?

Metal Cleaning and Straightening

Rich Witt was cleaning metal strips that are applied over the new rubber weatherstripping on the X 38 doors.  But first they must be cleaned of old paint and rust, and straightened.

The Old Saw

Not an adage or old saying, Henry Vincent has been restoring a very old Greenlee double arbor table saw we hope to get running in the wood shop.

Fuse Box

Tim Peters is working on his current Chicago Elevated car project, to put a new roof on one of our 4000 series cars.  The fuse box sits on the roof and the old one - - well hardly enough left of it to use for a pattern.  But the car ran - - -

On the Roof

Out in the barn, the new canvas has been lifted and unfolded over the roof.  This after several weeks of work by Tim to repair the wood and apply new tack molding all around.  Where is Waldo - I mean Tim?  Can you see him on this pic?

Grid Shop

Pete Galayda is by his workbench area which serves as a GRID SHOP, to repair and ultimately reassemble grid boxes for the Charles City Western 300 steeple cab locomotive.  If you think you have seen this before, Pete is on number three of seven.  He is helped every week on the project by John Nelligan who happens to be at the sandblaster right now.