This week/weekend was almost exclusively dedicated to working on the 633. During the week, Jerry and Wes Lloyd tackled the low voltage issues. They were able to solve most of them! The horn now works, as do the turn signals and blinkers. We also have interior lights, half the windshield wipers, and the ancient mini driver’s fan also now works. Over the weekend, Jerry and Richard continued to work on low voltage and wiring stuff (making more progress along the way) while I started on a thorough cleaning of the coach’s interior. And I mean thorough – I started at the back of the coach and after 2 full days of cleaning have only progressed to the back doors. On the down side, as the coach was sitting in front of the garage Tuesday, the left rear tire blew. They are all pretty dried out from living in the desert for 25 years so this wasn’t totally unexpected. It’s just unfortunate it happened so soon. So in addition to all the shipping costs that we have coming up, if we want to see the coach out again, we now need to spring for a new set of tires for the 633 (about $1,500). If anyone would like to help, please consider making a donation to the “Trolley Bus Department”. Our department is in the midst of exciting times, but expensive times. Sorry no pictures this week, don't want to bum anyone out with a flat tire picture.
Comments
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 [...]