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Thursday, May 27. 2010URTX 26640 Update - May 26, 2010 Pocket Repairs Thanks to a member/welder who has a truck mounted welding unit, the needed repairs were completed on Tuesday.  Hang It Then, on to re-install the coupler and related mechanism. Gerry Dettloff provided the heavy lifting (in the Bobcat) while John Faulhaber and Victor Humphreys wrestled the shank into submission. It does not look THAT HEAVY!  Stubborn It shouldn't be that hard but a lot of things have to fit and be in alignment all at once.  Done The smiling crew shows off the finished product. With their dedication and experience, it made short work of a heavy job that has been in the works for several weeks. Good job guys!  Corrections Victor Humphreys is repainting the letterboard or fascia strip black to conform to recently discovered prototype data. A small thing like that makes a big visual impact. Hot and humid until the thunderstorms formed, but at least this is on the shady side of the car.  Layout Work Victor snapped of pic of me while doing the measurements and layout for the MILW herald on the second car side. Look closely and you will see the black outline of the logo. Thursday, May 27. 2010Wood Shop and Other News - May 26, 2010 D13 Saddles John Faulhaber was making some additional saddles for the TM D 13 work car. Be sure to see this work in person when you visit for the July 4 Trolley Parade. Also in the wood shop we managed to get two new caboose windows for the IC 9792 glued up and in the press, the new 409 signbox sash was sanded in the Berlin Sander, and then followup trimming and fitting. As a sidenote the Berlin threw a drive key, but the problem was quickly remedied and fixed.  Yard 3 In the other news department, our track contractor began work in Yard 3, removing the worst of the ties and rails in preparation for re-installation. Note the storm clouds gathering in the distance. |
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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...