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Sunday, May 2. 2010Wood Shop Update - May 1, 2010 Window Beading Jeff Fryman is painting almost 200 feet of new window beading for the new windows made for the CA&E Trolleyville cars. This is the molding applied to retain the glazing once the frames have also been primed and painted.  Seat Work Victor Humphreys has spent a lot of time as we proceed to work on getting all the seats in the TM 972 re-upholstered. Readers here have followed along as the car has received stunning new paint and lettering on the exterior. Next step is to get the seats covered and here Victor has a walkover bottom cushion needing some minor repair work to mount the rocker castings.  Painting The photo caption is PAINTING but each project requires painting and more painting. Buzz Morisette is involved in ten new windows for the MILW 01984 caboose. As if making the windows is not enough, then comes prime painting, glazing, and two coats of color (different interior and exterior colors) before being ready to mount them back in the car.  Roof Monitor Not strictly a pic taken of work in the wood shop, but can anyone identify this car? Eric Lorenz is in the photo. If you look closely you will see his head and arms, parts of them, poking through a hole in the roof of our Cleveland PCC. The car has a monitor or ventilation shroud on the roof and it is being lowered into place upon the mounts. |
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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 [...]