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Wednesday, April 9. 2008Woodshop update April 9, 2008 Woodshop Crew John Nelligan, Jim Griffth, and Steve Holding are busy in the woodshop. On the left is a reglazed and refinished window for the Sand Springs 68, which was installed shortly after the photo. On the right of the bench, Steve Holding applies the first coat of varnish to the newly made window for the Bessemer & Lake Erie 25 passenger car.  Patience Jim Griffith is doing a long term woodshop project for our Strahorn Library. This involves stripping, repairing, and refinishing new (to us) shelving donated form a local high school library. This is a lot of work, and visitors to the Strahorn will see the first set he completed - installed and with books on them.  Upholstery of a sort Here we see Frank Sirinek working on the locomotive from Iowa, the Charles City Western 300. Pete Galayda, off screen, is the project manager for this, and here he has called in expert help to make new cab window armrests. Behind Frank, resting against the wall, you will see two brand new doors for the IRR 205 trolley car, shining brightly in their new varnish. These doors are fabricated from mahogany, and an effort of the father and son team, Randall and Frank Hicks. |
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Fri, 03-29-2024 21:26
We're slackers and spend more time working on the equipment in the shop than keeping all you readers updated. We'll work on it, but I'm sure updates [...]
Thu, 03-14-2024 08:02
What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
Mon, 12-27-2021 16:28
Happy New Year to all the Departments at the Illinois railway Museum! Thanks for all the good work you do in railroad preservation. Ted Miles, [...]
Wed, 10-13-2021 13:33
Was the CB&Q 1309 every transported to IRM?I’ve been reading old issues of Rail&Wire and the car was mentioned several times.
Mon, 06-07-2021 22:40
I was wondering if in the model layout display what scale would you guys be using and would you be displaying model train history as well? Just [...]
Wed, 06-02-2021 17:27
Nice to see 428's cab back on. Looking forward to when it is operable!
Tue, 06-01-2021 16:47
I hope the work will continue on the UP #428. Now that they are the museum's connection to the national railroad network; she would be very [...]
Sat, 04-17-2021 23:07
What is the status of 126, the Milwaukee Buffet car that is in S. Dakota? Any guess on when or if it will get to IRM?
Wed, 04-14-2021 21:09
Perhaps it is time to scrap the remains of the c, B & Q 7128 to make room for the Villa Real. Ted miles, IRM member
Wed, 04-14-2021 15:26
Hi IRM my name is Jason and I was wonder If you guys would be willing to save a CN Dash8-40cm they are currently being retired by CN and being [...]
Fri, 04-09-2021 19:56
Bear in mind that the Nebraska Zephyr is an articulated train set, so cars cannot be inserted at will. Although cars and/or a second engine could be [...]
Wed, 03-31-2021 11:37
I believe Silver Pony is currently on the back burner, and has been put into storage in one of the barns. The car needs a lot of work done to it's [...]