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Monday, June 9. 2008Woodshop Update June 7-8, 2008June 7, 2008  How do you hold these parts? John Faulhaber is putting the finishing touches on a wood jig to hold pieces together in alignment for welding. These pieces were fabricated this week as part of the work to expand our woodshop capabilities by restoring a circa 1883 molding machine, back to operation. These brackets will mount and hold a necessary countershaft.  New Machine and countershaft base The above referenced machine will be mounted with motor and countershaft on a unitized base. Victor Humphreys is centerpunching holes following a cardboard template of the machine base. June 8, 2008  SPC guys- euww! The passenger department guys were back in the shop, hiding from the rain and enjoying the air conditioning. Wayne Baksic and Mike Baksic were making 5 new step boxes for improving the safety of visitor access to some of our cars. Monday, June 9. 2008New Power for Yard 5 Displays June 8, 2008I am making this entry for the AC/DC line department to get the blog active for that department. New cars have been placed in Yard 5 to upgrade our visitor experience. Here we see Department Head Max Tyms working to set a new pole on the north side of that yard, as part of a project to upgrade AC power in that area.
Sunday, June 8. 2008Behind the Scenes June 7, 2008Pursuing our lettering duties, Buzz Morrisette relettered a lot of the Rock Island coach 2602 last week.  Buzz Applies MAGIC Here we see him applying the needed details by lettering text on the two sliding platform doors. |
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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 [...]