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Thursday, November 6. 2008UTLX 17222 Update November 5, 2008The weather was unusually warm and pleasant for early November, so we took advantage of it to do more work on the tank car. Gerry Dettloff moved the car over to Track 41 where we have compressed air.  Repacking Bearings Dick Cubbage jacked up the trucks and was cleaning and repacking the journals.  Sanding John Faulhaber was sanding the north side before the final coat of paint can be applied.  More Sanding And Fred Ash stopped by and lent a hand. Here we are training Fred in the use of a DA pneumatic sander. He is quite good at it. Thursday, November 6. 2008Milwaukee Streetcar 972 Update November 5, 2008 Sanding the first color coat away Pete Galayda has been convalescing following shoulder surgery, but today marked his return to the job. Here he is finish sanding the first color coat on the TM 972, and if the weather holds, maybe get more paint on this season. Thursday, November 6. 2008URTX 26640 Update November 5, 2008 Scaffold Easier than Ladders Victor Humphreys is up on the scaffold completing painting of the door, edges, tracks, and hardware. |
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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 [...]