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Monday, April 19. 2010Wood Shop Update - April 18, 2010 Glen Springs The Glen Springs is one of our passenger cars and we custom made 25 pieces of millwork to be installed above the window area in the car interiors. Simple shape, lots of steps to get there. Other sightings - With the coming of spring weather Victor Humphreys has been busy on our URTX 26640 boxcar. He has made a lot of progress, singlehandedly, with cleaning, priming, and painting the roof! I had occasion to visit the Steam Department and in spite of all the speculation and comments being bandied about, I would have to say I was impressed. Lots of volunteers and lots of activity with everyone seeming to know what they were doing. Large mysterious chunks of brass being machined for the decapod driver bearings, and on the Shay the new part of the front tubesheet looks to be nearly finished. The shop guys have fabricated a very heavy steel lifting beam which will be bolted to the front of the frame (where the pilot beam goes) and this will allow the locomotive to be jacked up. The front truck will be pulled forward for needed repairs and the process reversed. All that ironwork is mysterious and looks very heavy - I better stick to making sawdust. Monday, April 19. 2010Wood Shop Update - April 17, 2010 Woodstock Woodworkers First off, here is a shot of the Woodstock Woodworkers, who we were happy to host and provide a tour for. Another gorup later in the day was shown around also.  Feeling the Pane Next, Buzz Morisette continues the way toward new windows for our MILW 01984 caboose. Look closely, and you will a sheet of glass in hand, and a few sash have already been glazed.  Screwed Finally, a quick grab shot of Tim Peters working on brass screws which have had paint on them for well over half a century, and they are resisting clean-up. Tim is working on making new leather strap hangers for CRT 1268 and these are the salvaged screws that hold the brackets inside the car. |
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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...