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Thursday, August 19. 2010Wood Shop and Other News - August 18, 2010 Wood Beam George Clark is fitting a large wood beam to the new structural Z shape destined to replace corroded members on the LSE 810. Big stuff, and a lot different from puttering around on bookends in your garage. Also in the wood shop, Henry Vincent fitted remaining items for the new planer, including a lockout plug, a ductwork transition, and the flex hose and grounding.  Caboose Brakes Meanwhile, out in the sun, we worked to resolve air brake issues on caboose CGW 601. Fred Zimmerman is monitoring brake cylinder piston travel.  The Operator Rich Witt was the 'designated driver' and here he is operating the test stand to apply and release the brakes. We ended up changing out both the service and emergency portions of the control valve under the car, and the brakes do apply consistently now. But release is painfully slow, and we have basically run out of ideas where to look for the problem. Any air brake guys out there wanting to pitch in and look this over? Mike Alterio was working to build missing parts for a coupler carrier on caboose UP 3786; Joe Luciani, Lee Regione, and Fred Silverman helped with installing brake shoes (thanks to Jamie Kolanowski for ordering and getting these parts) on four wheels, and we did more reserach on what might be needed to install a new coupler on the west end. |
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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 [...]