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Sunday, May 23. 2010Wood Shop and Other News - May 22, 2010 Window Trim Jeff Fryman is adding the first coat of red to trim for the new CA&E windows. Earlier he painted four of the new sash.  Seats All of the seat cushions have been removed from one of our trolley cars and here, Victor Humphreys and John Frett are loading them into a museum truck for delivery to an upholstery shop. Stay Tuned!!  New Sign Many of you have seen the info signs on equipment and at other locations on the property. These can supply a lot of info and answer a lot of questions for visitors that stop to take the time to read them. We have added a new one to the UP 3786 caboose and here, Buzz Morisette is installing one on the MILW X5001 caboose, now spotted in Yard 5. Thanks to Ray Piescuik for the 'manufacturing' of the durable metal signs. Sunday, May 23. 2010Cleveland 4223 Update - May 22, 2010 A Fitting End Or rather - fitting things to the end. Ed Waytula and Eric Lorenz are placing the headlight housing in the front end of the Cleveland PCC. Note above by the sign box, that two additional lights have been placed in the sockets. Tough lighting in this work area, but here is the next shot anyway.  Grinding It Out The sparks fly as Eric trims and fits the opening. I think the plan is to fit and install as many items as possible into the planned positions and openings, drilling holes as needed, and adjusting fit. These will then be removed for final paintwork. Sunday, May 23. 2010North Shore 749 Update - May 22, 2010 Watching Paint Dry Maybe even less dynamic than listening to grass grow. As we were on the way to another job we noticed that Buzz Morisette was beginning to apply the lettering to the 749. I asked Victor Humphreys to get into the image to provide some scale and 'human interest'. Here, the layout is done the backing removed, and the letter carrier is positioned on the car side. The halogen lamp provides some heat in the morning damp to help dry the process.  Application Buzz is seen here applying and positioning the carrier for a set of numbers on the end.  The Result Back to the first picture - after several hours in place it was time to peel back the carrier to see the results! |
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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 [...]