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Saturday, September 21. 2013

Wood Shop Update - September 18, 2013 Posted by Robert Kutella in Wood Shop at 05:33

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Wood Shop Update - September 18, 2013

Well, I see that the BLOG site has the expanded screen size problem again. So far as I can remember, that has only happened after Roger Kramer has made a post. If I were Sherlock Holmes I would be beginning to make a deduction. Hopefully Jamie can fix it again.

This will be very short since I seem to be in the 'fuzzy picture' mode as happened to me eight months ago. The images are bad, even for my blurry vision. But here are two.

Open Space Concept

As reported elsewhere on the web, we are hosting a national meet of the members of the Old Woodworking Machine group. There are 93 registered this year which would make this the largest so far. We spent Wednesday on the annual spring cleaning of the wood shop areas, and managed to fill the dumpster, and hauled some away to another dumpster. The result is a clean and seemingly larger shop, with an open space concept. Folks are on hand as I write this now, giving clinics and demos, and from far away places - including Virginia, Georgia, Texas, and California. Did I mention North Dakota?

Ceiling Plates

The crew on the CTS 4223 thought they were all done with these, but during the cleanup, we 'discovered' another eight or so. So Al Reinschmidt cleaned them up and went about the painting tasks.

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Mark Secco about Diesel Shop update 1/29/2017
Fri, 08-18-2017 00:52
Hi John T, We would love to have a copy of your Ohio crane information. Please contact Mark Secco concerning anything about rail bound cranes. Thank [...]

Jamie K about ATSF 543 gets unloaded
Fri, 08-11-2017 00:05
Randy, The 543 was never in that paint scheme. It'll likely be restored to the zebra stripe scheme whenever it does get restored. Jamie

Randy about ATSF 543 gets unloaded
Thu, 08-10-2017 17:46
If you ever get the money to repaint this engine, I would hope you would repaint it to have the big letters Santa Fe instead of the small print. [...]

Daniel R. Darnall about SPC Equipment Worked on in the Last 4 Months
Thu, 08-10-2017 10:38
I would like to know if these MR #649 and #542 were part of FEVR excursion in Nebraska? Awesome to have them to be part of IRM collection!

Logan about SPC Equipment Worked on in the Last 4 Months
Sat, 08-05-2017 23:30
They need to restore Milwaukee road 33 and 37c along with the 3 Milwaukee road f units hey have

David S about Santa Fe 92, The History and The Plan
Wed, 08-02-2017 20:01
It was supposed to be restored and sat behind the NS Altoona shops for the better part of two years, waiting for that to happen. We finally had it [...]

Raphael about SPC Equipment Worked on in the Last 4 Months
Tue, 08-01-2017 02:42
those 2 Milw cars would actually look good behind one of the Milw F7's or the E9's.

M.J. Rodriguez about Diesel Shop update week ending 4/9/2017
Sat, 07-29-2017 22:02
I just donated to the Save the 800 campaign. Should the campaign fail, I would like my donation re-directed to ATSF FP45 #92 please. Please tell the [...]

Matt Maloy about Santa Fe 92, The History and The Plan
Sat, 07-29-2017 13:14
I see Conrail 4601 has finally arrived. I suspect a cosmetic restoration and getting donations to put it in a barn are in order?

Raphael about Santa Fe 92, The History and The Plan
Sat, 07-29-2017 01:51
It was restored at Altoona before coming to Union from the Essex, CT area. BTW, is or was it going to be restored as a Virginian engine? or kept as a [...]

MRZ about Santa Fe 92, The History and The Plan
Fri, 07-28-2017 11:54
It appears to be the E33 that IRM aqquired a year or two ago.

Bob Stekl about Santa Fe 92, The History and The Plan
Thu, 07-27-2017 14:06
What is the 4601 locomotive parked in front of the diesel shop?