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Tuesday, July 6. 2010Holiday Weekend - July 3, 4, 5 2010A very long and very hot weekend. They had predicted rain Sunday afternoon and most of Monday , but none of that happened during our operating hours. Much ado and activity regarding the Trolley Parade and we also hosted a Large Scale Trolley modeling event as has been our custom in recent years. Not too much time for me to lug around the camera and snap images, burning electrons along the way, but here is one of the modelers group.  Modelers Group There was also a lot of other activity in many areas. John Frett has been working hard to do some maintenance and painting on the Thrall Door car, and trust me, painting on the roof in the recent hot weather is no picnic. We finally had a chance to begin maintenance and inspections Saturday, for our freight car and caboose fleet. Time was cut short due to an Electric Car Department meeting so we did not manage to complete even one car in good working order. Thanks to Victor Humphreys, Gerry Dettloff, and 'visiting fireman' David Johnston from California for the fine work. By way of example, there was accumulated water in some of the journal boxes requiring they be pumped out and refilled with fresh oil. A crack in the coupler on the UP caboose, meaning a change in the wind there. Two bad angle cocks, stuck hand brakes, missing brake shoes, one bad journal box cover, and the list goes on. For the Sand Springs 68, the final ceiling light fixture has been repaired and installed. I also managed to continue applying lettering on the URTX 26640. Forty five characters, which seemed little enough, placed in the context of how much goes on the side of that car. The wood shop crew took the bait and we now have four newly glazed drop sash windows for the CA&E 409 and they are installed. Thanks in large measure to Rich Witt and Kirk Warner! By Monday afternoon I started tackling some of the work needed to remove the defective coupler from UP 3786. I had a very able assistant in the person of Gwyn Stupar. Heavy wrenches, stuck bolts, and broken parts. |
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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 [...]