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Monday, January 11. 2010Wood Shop Update - January 10, 2010Sunday had fewer volunteers show up and was much quieter in the shop, but here are a few more pics of the work in progress.  Repairs Did I mention repairs and maintenance? Dan Mulvihill and Bob Sundelin took on the project of getting our router back in operation. It is one of the most used tools, takes part in almost every project, and we guessed that one of the motor bearings was screaming and failing. It was! But boy there are sure a lot of parts to be disassembled before you can get to the bearings. And then you have to put it back together. I wonder if it worked and how many parts were left over after the assembly was ocmplete?  Clerestory Windows Part of the CRT 1268 'window project' includes 22 new clerestory windows. Tim Peters is starting to glaze those now using vintage glass from our store of such stuff. In this case it is plate glass, reinforced with 'chicken wire' and with one side ribbed or washboard texteure.  2050 Work continues between the other ongoing wood shop projects on new windows for N&W 2050. Here you see a stack of 'kits' for the eight windows after completing all the needed mortises (52 of them!) Monday, January 11. 2010Wood Shop Update - January 9, 2020
Here are some shots from Saturday work, I will try to add a few from Sunday, later today as chores, weather, and time allow.
 Yes, a Door Rich Witt, Victor Humphreys, and Dick Lukin inspect the layout for a new door we are working on.  Routing Rich Witt and Buzz Morisette are using the table mounted router to add the window beading to new stock for replacement windows for the MILW 01984 caboose.  More Window Work Victor Humphreys and Buzz are rabbeting the window stock for the caboose windows. Note the pile of parts sitting on the jointer table at the left.  Fix It Tim Peters chips in with some maintenance work on the old Delta Bandsaw. It seems we have a noisy outboard motor bearing which will probably demand replacement in the near future. One problem with using machines that range in age from 60 years to 130 years old is a more or less constant list of maintenance items. This effort goes mostly unnoticed, but we would be very interested in any volunteer that is good at tinkering.  1268 Progress Buzz is holding up the new artwork to be applied to two of the new upper sash windows for CRT 1268. On the rack behind him are twenty one of those new sash, with the first coat of paint drying. |
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Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
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...