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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. Monday, January 5. 2009ME 28 Update January 3-4, 2008 Mortising Victor Humphreys is setting up the mortiser to cut a slot for a tenon. The piece on the table is a mid rail for new baggage doors.  Baggage Door Progress Norm Krentel and Ray Schmid have one of the long door stiles on the mortiser. You can see the fancy molding work in cross section on the end, and some of the slots completed near the end.  Teaching Time Ray Schmid and Norm Krentel doing a once over on the completed stile before removing it from the set up on the mortiser.  Trimming Bob Kutella (thanks for snapping a pic, Kirk) trimming one of the stiles for the glass opening using our table mounted router.  Measure Twice Bob Kutella measuring and marking for routing the next piece for new baggage doors. In the background you can see some of the 24 major pieces in process, needed to assemble just two doors. Monday, January 5. 2009Wood Shop Update January 3, 2009 Welders Wayne Baksic and John Faulhaber put finishing touches on the new frame for guarding belts on the Fay Molder. Here the frame has been removed and is upside down to get at some of the hard to reach places.  Surprise! This is Tim Peters using a walker, following a serious accident a month ago splintering his left leg and requiring surgical repair. You cannot keep a good volunteer down! Seen here, he is back at work on CRT 1268, cleaning up after sanding a window frame and a door on the bench below that. |
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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 [...]