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Thursday, January 30. 2014January 25th - Another Cold and Snowy Yet Productive DayWork continued on the second exhibit car. Kevin Kriebs sanded all day in the vestibule between the two exhibit cars to take off the high spots. Later Mike Baksic primed all the bare metal exposed by Kevin's work so that the area is ready to paint.  Kevin Kriebs in the vestibule  Kevin removing the high spots in the vestibule In the second exhibit car entryway a storage closet door which was not properly seated was taken down and metal pieces were removed in preparation for shaving off about 3/8" from edges of the door so that it will fit better. Work on this will continue next weekend.  Mike and Kevin removing metal from door Mark Gellman removed a cabinet (which wasn't needed) from the furnace room of the second exhibit car. While Mark was doing this, Mike Baksic measured and cut holes on each side of the furnace for air vents to allow better airflow.  The former cabinet to the left of the furnace  Mark Gellman removing cabinet legs  Cabinet without legs  Mark removing the remainder of the cabinet  Mike Baksic measuring for a vent opening  Mike cutting one of the vent openings  Vent opening cut as seen from inside the furnace nook  Mike and Shelly apply a vent cover to the new opening Jon Habegger took pictures in the second exhibit car and the Ely to show progress, then he helped Shelly Vanderschaegen finish up odds and ends in the second exhibit car.  Shelly Vanderschaegen continues baseboard cleanup  Our department photographer, Jon Habegger Mike McCraren continued working in the Pacific Peak. He was sanding in the morning and priming in the afternoon. Buzz Morisette has continued work on the Ely dining room ceiling. One really cool thing he has done is to leave notes on the tops of the boards he has installed so that when the roof is rebuilt in the future the crew will be able to read what needs to be added to the carline where the ceiling is now shimmed. Buzz also noted when bringing up the carline that the roof is coming away from the walls. There are obvious cracks and separation indicating a new roof is badly needed. Buzz has epoxied the areas for more strength but this is a temporary solution. Donations specified for the Ely restoration fund will help make a new roof possible.  Notes on Ely ceiling boards left by Buzz Morisette  Looking toward the berths  Original metal strips every 12 in the Ely  Hip sanded, ready to be primed and painted  Buzz Morisette looking up at his work  Roof separation areas epoxied for strength Thursday, January 30. 2014Continuing window mfg in woodshopIt has been soooo cold at Irm this winter that many of you Blog readers probably figured activity was at a minimum. Well, your pretty close to being right! BUT, where there's heat there's progress. Even when it's 5-10 degrees outside it's almost "toasty" in our heated facilities. The car shop, office, exhibit cars and woodshop along with the Steam shop are locations where work continues even in the coldest of conditions. Randy Hicks in his blog site has documented his progress on the CA&E wood equipment using the woodshop as a work area. I have been out a couple of times in January and here's a few pictures of those visits.  Buzz using a wood file to custom fit the pieces  This shows the mahogany pieces all made up and some fitted into the frame configuration  All 18 frames fitted ready to be glued. Thanks to Bob, Vic, Rich, John, and Paul for their expertise When completed there will be 18 exterior, custom made, window frames mfg and assembled this winter seaon. Depending on time, I have purchased enough wood to cover the mfg of 8 more frames. The Pullman sleeper needs 32 so we are 6 short. The wood costs for each frame is about $50.00. If you would like to help us cover the additional costs of 6 frames please send you donations to Restricted Fund... Villa Falls. Thank you  Paul and Roger using the table saw to trim a section of ash for the mfg of new window sills for the RI 2612  Another angle Tim Peters took this shot  At the end of last Saturday Tim, Buzz, and Bill are enjoying some fruitful conversion Yes, Bill and Buzz had just come in from the colddd outside Will It ever warm up??????????????? We all hope so. I 'm sure you do too so you can again visit Irm. Remember the new display barns in your donations. It will happen!!! It just takes time. This year ol' 1630 steam will be running. Watch for the dates. Thanks Roger Kramer Tuesday, January 21. 2014January 18th Exhibit Car Progress - Is It Spring Yet?The rear of exhibit car is looking very good. Mike, Kevin, Mark, and Shelly worked on tasks to complete the car's interior. Kevin Kriebs used a wire wheel to start on the west vestibule of 2nd Exhibit Car. Shelly Vanderschaegen and Jon Habegger cleaned main room of the car. Curator Mike Baksic and Mark Gellman worked on east end of the car. They installed 4 new air vents for the air conditioning system, and wall molding on north exhibit wall. It was another snow day  Kevin Kriebs removing loose paint  Mike Baksic working on the door  2nd Exhibit car - looking forward  2nd Exhibit car - looking to the rear exit Ely update Jan 2014 from Buzz Morisette: Emergency roof repairs done sometime in the 80’s(?) made the roof watertight but were not quite a restoration. The dining room ceiling has now been properly repaired and re-framed to match the original curve of the roof. Wood backings to mount the original light fixtures, removed during roof repairs, are also back in place. Next step is to replace the conduit and wiring to those light fixtures. Shelly is starting to strip the fixtures for restoration. The Baltic Birch plywood purchased last year is primed and ready. Looking for warmer inside work I refinished the Mahogany corner bead that will go in last. Not all of it was there with ceiling work done over the years so new trim needed to be milled. Victor Humphres of the Freight shop located some Honduran Mahogany stock for us and I ran off about 30’ of the replacement trim. The picture below shows front to back new, refinished, and original finish trim.  Front to back: new, refinished, and original finish trim Sunday, January 12. 2014Excellent Progress on the 2nd Exhibit Car 1/11/14Excellent progress on the second exhibit car. The rear portion painting has been completed. Now there is the touchup, cleanup, etc. type work. Jon Habegger sends his thanks to Ray Mormann, Mark Gellman, Shelly Vanderschaegen, Kevin Kriebs, and Mike Baksic for their work on this car. And we all want to thank Jon for his hard work too. This will be an awesome exhibit car!
 Looking forward from the rear exit  Looking toward the rear exit The brown area seen above is where a TV will be installed in the future.  Kevin Kriebs 1/11/14 painting ceiling vent  Mike Baksic 01/11/14 installing vent cover  Shelly Vanderschaegen 1/11/14 cleaning the baseboard In the Pacific Peak, Michael McCraren was working on Bedroom F walls as seen in the photos below. This kind of work is a real grind in more ways than one. We really appreciate the work Michael is doing in the Pacific Peak!  Bedroom F in Pacific Peak upper portion of the wall by the divder  Lower portion of the same Bedroom F wall  Upper portion of the wall on the right side hallway  Lower portion of the same wall on the right side hallway Wednesday, January 8. 2014January 5th - Insane Weather or Was it the Volunteers?Michael McCraren continued work on the Pacific Peak walls.  The wall in Bedroom F by the divider door being stripped of the glue and paint.  Bedroom F side of the divider wall after priming. Kevin Kriebs, Curator Michael Baksic, and Shelly Vanderschaegen were painting in the 2nd Exhibit Car. Michael was painting brown, Kevin and Shelly were painting the tan on the walls. The crew left early due to the weather.  Kevin Kriebs painting tan  Mike Baksic painting chocolate Meanwhile back in the Ely, Buzz Morisette had been working on the ceiling during the week. Where the group of spacers are seen in the images below is where the light fixtures will be placed.  Looking up toward the lounge  Looking up toward the front of the car Wednesday, January 8. 2014Friday, December 27. 2013Nevada Northern,"Ely", news update
This short but important progress report was sent to me by George [Buzz] Morsette.
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Comments
Sun, 03-02-2014 14:36
Thanks for your kind comments, Kirk! Yes, it's my hope that we can spray and hand brush, were possible, the interior when completed. Gary and I [...]
Sun, 03-02-2014 10:03
Thanks. Appreciate the effort. greg
Sun, 03-02-2014 08:37
Greg, I talked to Tom Schneider, the curator of the Steam Department yesterday. Rather as I suspected, he does have a good deal of information [...]
Sat, 03-01-2014 10:33
Congratulations on your great progress. Is your intent to spray the interior after repairs and priming are completed and the weather warms up? What [...]
Thu, 02-27-2014 13:59
Hello, I was wondering if you had a history of the Louisiana and Arkansas #99 from the time it was the LR&NCo until it was acquired by the [...]
Tue, 02-25-2014 09:05
Jamie can you give me any information on Milwaulkee Road 33C as i havent seen any information on it in a couple of years.
Mon, 02-24-2014 16:38
Yes, as Mark mentioned it made it into Barn 11 last year to dry out some after finally being unloaded from the flat car.
Mon, 02-24-2014 08:16
That car has been moved inside to keep the weather out as windows are repaired. I think it's in a barn that's not open to the public.
Sun, 02-23-2014 21:25
Is there any information regarding the status of the ex California Zephyr dome coach. When I was at the museum late last summer I did not see it.
Wed, 02-19-2014 18:51
Mark, having fun yet?!
Mon, 02-17-2014 12:34
Thanks for the information. I realize that it will take time to get to the more substantial projects, but I'd prefer that so that I don't damage [...]
Mon, 02-17-2014 12:08
Christian, There is not much beside what is on the website. You need to be a member (one key reason being that insurance only applies to [...]