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Thursday, January 8. 2009Wood Shop Update January 7, 2009Lots of activity going on in the Wood Shop to bring in the new year. Here is SOME of it.  Sparks Flying  Prime Painting Lots of help pitching in to help complete the guard assembly for the Fay Molder. John Faulhaber is grinding welds for better appearance, and follows by starting the painting process.  Tooling Ed Chase continues sorting and cleaning the new (to us) tooling and knives we obtained for the Fay Molder.  Sliding Doors For Chicago El car 1268, Tim Peters continues on the restoration. He has totally rebuilt two of the very large sliding doors and here the second one gets the first coat of CRT Bown paint.  Pullman Step Victor Humphreys and Kirk Warner take over finishing touches on a Pullman Porter Step Ladder that needed broken parts replaced. This is the taller of two versions that Pullman built.  Seat Work To start his day, Kirk Warner completed the first coat of Santa Fe finish paint on the third seat frame in a series being restored by the Coach Department.  Two Results of a Days Work Ed Chase slides together a mortise and tenon corner joint and Ted Anderson likes the first test fit of the new window; Victor Humphreys checks the Pullman step for level or paint misses.  First B and M Window This is the first new window our shop is making for a Boston & Maine car. Project Manager Ted Anderson seems happy while Bob Kutella points out jointery and Henry Vincent, Ed Chase and Victor Humphreys look on. Thursday, January 8. 2009Milwaukee Electric L 4 Update January 7, 2008 Hardware Henry Vincent installs hinges and hardware on the painted replacement door for the L 4. |
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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 [...]