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Wednesday, May 21. 2008Behind the Scenes PHOTO John Nelligan, left, and Kirk Warner start the testing of cabooses prior to being released to the operating department. For this work these have been moved to Track 41 east of Barn 4 and we are able to run an air hose out and use our test equipment for brake functions.  PHOTO One of our required tests is to apply brakes and measure the travel of the brake cylinder. As brake shoes wear this piston travel increses every year, until an adjustment of the levers and linkage is required, or the shoes need to be replaced. Kirk Warner measures and the reading is OK!  PHOTO Victor Humphreys is checking the journal oil level on MILW 01984. The levels are topped off as needed. Wednesday, May 21. 2008Milwaukee streetcar 972 update May 21, 2008 Group Sanding With warmer weather a lot of the woodshop stalwarts have migrated to the inside of Barn 4 to continue work on TM 972. Foreground to background, we see Pete Galayda, John Faulhaber, and John Nelligan stripping paint and doing surface prep. |
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Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
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 [...]