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Sunday, April 25. 2010Wood Shop Update - April 24, 2010 Sawing Here Jeff Brady makes some carefully fitted piece to continue on the ME 28 doors. I thought I would sneak this into the wood shop report to avoid another entry with only this pic for the ME 28.  Lots of Windows Dick Lukin was out to help on several projects. Here he is holding one of the newly sanded window frames (done on our Berlin sander) and a stack of frames already squared off. These are now essentially complete - all 12 new frames needed for the CA&E cars.  Seat Frame Dick also applied a primer coat to a spare seat frame to fit our TM 972 streetcar. The rest of the story - we are now getting all the seats for the interior reupholstered. This frame will go to the contractor's shop on loan so they may check that each piece is correct and will work once back and installed in the 972. Victor Humphreys worked long and hard on this project all day removing cushions and backs from the car, and many others helped along the way. That included Frank Sirinek, Mike Stauber, Bill Moran, Rich Witt, Henry Vincent, and others I probably forgot. And Rich Witt and Ralph Huber pitched in on a Track Department 'order' from Adam Robillard. We sure cut up a lot of plywood and 2x4's for a unit to store parts. Oh, did I mention that Buzz Morisette has done some preliminary work to get a MILW herald on our URTX 26640 car, and that he was sanding and continuing glazing and paint work on new windows for the MILW 01984 caboose?
Sunday, April 25. 2010Barn 4 Addition Update - April 24, 2010 Rolling Along Henry Vincent has taken on the task of painting the interior walls of the new addition slated to add shop space. I would bet there is about 2500 square feet of walls to be primed and painted. In the short time from Wednesday until Saturday evening it seems to be done! Of course Henry 'cheated' by working long days Thursday and Friday, and having some help. Here Buzz Morisette is helping roll out the finish coat on the South Wall. |
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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...