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Saturday, May 2. 2009Woodshop Update April 29, 2009 Rebuilt Door Here is a Kirk Warner pic showing one of the four rebuilt doors back in the CRT 1268 rapid transit car. Each door was substantially rotted and required a LOT of work by Tim Peters to make them whole. With the help of several volunteers they are all four installed in the car, again!  In the Shop And work on this project (1268) advances in the shop. A few weeks ago we showed several new windows in the process, now here is a stack painted and glazed about ready to be installed in the car. On the bench you will also see a few short lengths of new window sill to make much needed repairs on the car.  New Siding We have always reported on the Lake Shore Electric 810 trolley freight trailer project in the Woodshop blogs but perhaps it deserves its own category. Let us know what you prefer. In this picture you see an extensive spread of all new car siding completely installed on the north side of the car.  Door Area Work Here you see Gerry Detloff, and George Clark in the background, working to fit up a steel plate below the side door, and clamping a fabricated sort of bumper to stand off that plate and protect the car.  American Saw Victor Humphreys is shown finishing touch up paint on this large 20 inch table saw. Many 'inhabitants' of the woodshop have contributed to this progress over the winter months.  Number 10 Model 3 A close up of the main saw casting showing the manufacturer and model. This dates from circa 1920.  Smith Tenoner Here is the progress on our 'new to us' H. B. Smith tenoner. This is one of the ex Illinois Traction shop machines from Decatur IL that we acquired last fall. We believe it dates from 1907 and have posted a picture of the Decatur Shops in 1910 showing it in use.  Guard Cage Victor Humphreys is working on painting the guard cage for the tenoner that is being fabricated by Wayne Baksic. There are no existing plans for this and probably the machine was operated for 80-90 years without the benefit of any protection for an operator. Saturday, May 2. 2009Charles City Western 300 Update April 29, 2009 New Display Project Leader Pete Galayda has created a nice photo/display board for this locomotive, and here it is ready for summer visitors to get more of the history of this piece.  Air Tanks And the above display hangs from the area with the two deck mounted air tanks and associated piping. Now complete!! Saturday, May 2. 2009ME 28 Update April 29, 2009 Rear End This Kirk Warner pic shows how hard it is to get an overall view of the progress behind the scaffolding. But there are restored windows and doors now enclosing the end platform area. |
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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 [...]