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Thursday, November 8. 2012Wood Shop Update - November 7, 2012In addition to the work previously reported and targeted to progress on our CGW X 38 plow, here are some examples of the wide diversity of projects in the shop yesterday.  How It Stacks Up Certainly not a glamorous job but Simon Harrison helped to stack and move the pile of new lumber to make a new door for the station. It is useless to merely buy the lumber, it must be carefully stacked and stickered to preserve it as true as possible.  Third Rail Beams Speaking of new lumber basically only a week old at IRM, John Faulhaber and Randy Hicks were processing some of the heavy white oak timbers through our jointer. That is used to surface rough cut lumber to a smooth and true face and edge. From there they moved through the planer and then the tablesaw to rip it to correct width. Finally through the radial arm saw to cut all to length.  Windows Jon Fenlaciki was working on restoration of a large window for our first car, Indiana Railroad 65. In addition to meticulous removal of old finishes, the detective in him revealed the true color of the first layer of old paint, buried well below more recent layers.  Grid Shop Pete Galyda was visited by Dick Cubbage as here they discuss how to solve all the problems. I wonder if John Nelligan (at work on the sandblaster in the next room) knows it is break time? And many other tasks and projects saw work. We almost expect Tim Peters to be on hand at 120% of what any mere mortal can do and this was no exception as he sped on a time line to break all records for a new canvas roof on one of our 4000 series steel elevated cars. Victor Humphreys was outside with acetylene torch and managed to remove another badly rusted out panel on our B&O wagon top boxcar. Henry Vincent continued work on the new table saw and was assisted in some metal machine shop work by Rod Turner. Thursday, November 8. 2012CGW X 38 Update - Novenber 7, 2012Due to some new health problems I expect that BLOG entries may be spotty at best, and their content less than usual. Probably between now and year end. That said, here is some news from midweek. And of course an open invitation to any cub reporter that might be interested in hanging out, watching the work, taking digital pics, and reporting.  Door Weatherstripping Rich Witt and Dave Rogan worked to restore old metal strips used to cover over the door rubber weatherstripping. We are able to save four of the old ones, and have two new ones made to order. That chunk of wood on the bench is the new window sill for the south side of the plow, finally trimmed and fitted, cut areas about to receive some paint.  Holes Dave Rogan constructed a jig and proceeded to drill mounting holes in the new metal weatherstrips. One hole every SIX INCHES - that is a lot of holes.  Windows Those that remember these entries from last winter noted that almost every week there were one or more pics of work on WINDOWS. Yesterday must have been the first real sign of winter. John Faulhaber is checking the work so far on stock for three new plow windows. Yesterday the rough boards were jointed, ripped, crosscut, trimmed, profile routed, squared, and rabbeted. That was in our spare time. Others worked on the plow outside. Jim Leonard and Simon Harrison completed the work on the south plow body window opening. The sill was installed and all three shoe moldings fitted and installed, plywood blank done and in. Then they moved on to the south doorway tacking in new rubber weatherstripping, fitting the temporary door and hanging it on hinges.
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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. [...]