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Monday, March 8. 2010Michigan Electric 28 Update - March 7, 2010 Fitting Work Yes appropriate as Jeff Brady is doing the final fitting of parts for the first new baggage door for the ME 28.  Assembly The glue has been applied to the joints and Bob Sundelin assists Jeff in getting all the parts together in one unit.  A Pressing Engagement The results speak for themselves with the assembled door securely held in the glue press, Jeff Brady breathing a sigh of relief as he inspects the finished product. Monday, March 8. 2010Wood Shop Update - March 7, 2010 Orange Paint Tim Peters was back form a weekend trip to St. Louis and was continuing repairs and restoration to the CRT 1268 wooden el car. Here he is applying the signature orange paint to a rebuilt end door. Monday, March 8. 2010Wood Shop Update (Added Material)- March 6, 2010Here is the Saturday report now, with a short Sunday report in the planning as a coming attraction.  Frames Buzz Morisette has all ten new caboose windows glued up. They look enough in this image like picture frames, so maybe we should start a small side business. We ran all ten through the Berlin sander for finish sanding, cut the stile extensions, and then Buzz was fussing with edge and details of the finished sash.  Infeed End To get the caboose windows to that stage, and the sash for the 409, here are four late arriving photos form Greg Cuevorst (thanks Greg). First, a shot of me feeding a sash into the Berlin sander.  Outfeed Victor Humphreys was the 'catcher' removing sanded frames from the discharge.  Inspector General Buzz M. inspected each frame after each pass and returned them to me as needed for another pass.  Framed Rich Witt has his completed CA&E 409 frame and was doing the touch up and final trimming. Earlier, we removed this from the glue press, finish sanded it through the Berlin sander, cut the stiles, rabbetted three sides, and added a 45 degree bevel - all to reproduce the original deteriorated sample.  Rare Shot A rare shot of Randy Hicks giving more CA&E 319 windows some tlc. Not rare that he is actually working, but he is usually the one behind the camera!  Tenon Trimming Victor Humphreys is trimming the tenons to fit on our very old Delta 14 inch bandsaw.  Near Days End Rich Witt puts some finishing touches on the new sash for the CA&E 409. Behind him you can spy out Victor Humphreys working on the first dry assembly of the door. |
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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 [...]
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What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
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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, [...]
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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.
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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!
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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 [...]
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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?
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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
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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 [...]