It was a holiday weekend, so there was lots of activity in the Car
Dept.. The biggest news is that a rebuilt motor has been put back in
the IT 415. A full annual service inspection was also performed on the
car by a host of Car Dept. personnel! It was tested and released for
regular service.
The CTA 4391 (The Green Hornet) was brought over to the pit on Monday and it's annual inspection was started.
Work was done on the CTA S105 engine's windows, with the first coat of yellow paint going on one of the motorman's window.
There was a moment of silence at 3:00 pm on Monday with one of the members of the West End Jazz Band playing taps at the flagpole. This was a particularly moving event.
There are some corrections to last weeks report!
Not
all inspections that were mentioned last week were for Regular Revenue
Service Cars and that report should not be taken to mean that these
other cars are now ready for, or released to, that type of service! The
inspection work that was done to some of our work equipment was of a
limited nature based on the annual usage of this equipment and the fact
that it is mostly yard work that this equipment is used for! In
addition there are Regular Revenue Service Cars that still need to
complete annual inspections, but work will continue at a fast but safe
pace to get this done!
Respectfully Submitted,
Joel Ahrendt
Comments
Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
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...