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Wednesday, December 23. 2009Wood Shop UpdateAs you may have guessed form the previous two entries today, Kirk Warner was back in town for the Holidays. He was able to use a camera to capture a lot of work and in the sharing spirit of the month, you are getting to see a lot of them posted. The volunteers at the Wood Shop and in the Freight Car Department would like to extend best Holiday Wishes to one and all!  Caught in the Act The project here is making new windows for the cab of N&W 2050. Today we jointed all the rough lumber, cut it to rough length, and here, John Faulhaber is ripping the stock to the needed width. The picture caption? Yes, you see my bandaged hand grabbing wood just fourteen days after the surgery. Promise me you will not tell anyone.  Still at the Saw Still at the saw, Bob Kutella and John Faulhaber are addressing the need to make 48 pieces of stock for the planned windows, not counting the custom beading and moldings.  More Sawing  A Little Help Dick Cubbage joins us in the fun as the pile of pieces grows larger and larger.  Mornings Work So here are the rough sized parts labeled with a secret code so we hope they do not get mixed up. But they are still too thick.  Plane Truth Dick Cubbage is catching the planed parts while John Faulhaber keeps them coming at the infeed end.  Measuring Well out of the way, I am measuring and setting up the next cuts and adjustments for thickness. Wednesday, December 23. 2009CRT 1268 Update Candid A candid shot of Tim Peters concentrating on a new window.  Posed Almost the same shot with Tim posing for the camera. What he is doing here is glazing the windows which have been made and primed.  Molding The windows require some custom made molding to act as retainers for each pane of glass. Complicating the situation here is that one corner of each window is curved! Each piece is custom fitted and sanded to suit.  Marking Dick Cubbage supervises while Tim Peters uses a paper tmeplate to mark the screw locations. Wednesday, December 23. 2009Barn 4 Addition Update Closed Tight On December 22, the long awaited overhead door was installed. Kirk Warner was in town for the Holidays and he and Dick Cubbage shoveled enough snow to allow the door to be closed. Now if we could get heat! |
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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 [...]