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Thursday, May 15. 2008GN 70104 Update May 14,2008 Mylar in Place John Faulhaber is helping trace the lettering and documenting the history of the car, in this case, "BLT. 7 - 57" Thursday, May 15. 2008Behind the ScenesMany members work behind the scenes or take work home - one of the reasons it seems we get a lot done. In the case of lettering equipment, my department gets involved in a lot of that.  Tracing of Lettering on Cab of CE 4 In this cas here is the artwork for decorating the side of one of our electric locomotives, Commonwealth Edison 4. The remnants of the existing lettering were traced by Frank Hicks, and I straigtened, squared, and redrew the work. Dick Lukin has been diligent in cleaning and repainting the body, so he nags me on. Here the next step will be to hand cut out these characters and then it will be used as a transfer stencil on the locomotive. Note the elements are all there and will be re-arranged on the actual side of the cab.  Articulated Steeple Cab Here is a photo of the locomotive with one side about ready for the lettering, and in fact the numeral 4 has been painted. Henry Vincent and Gerry Detloff also work on this from time to time in an ongoing effort to upgrade the equipment. Thursday, May 15. 2008Wood Shop Update May 14, 2008 The 810 on Jacks The Lake Shore Electric 810 freight trailer sees steady progress led by Project Manager George Clark. Here George has recruited some help to position a new needle beam under the west half of the car. Sharp eyed viewers will see Pete Galayda's head just to the left of John Faulhaber working a hydraulic jack.  Flooring Work Randall Hicks was seen working on the small band saw in the shop, reducing a large piece of battleship linoleum to several smaller pieces. This work is for continuing progress on CA&E 309.  TM 972 Here several of the regular woodshop workers have strayed to the Barn 4 area and are re-starting some serious work to complete repainting on TM (Milwaukee) 972 city streetcar. Left to right are John Faulhaber, Frank Sirinek, and Pete Galayda. |
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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 [...]