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Sunday, October 3. 2010Wood Shop and Other News - October 2, 2010I guess I will lump together a lot of related things here, most of them centered in the Barn 4 area. Last week we hosted an event attracting almost 100 woodworkers from across the country. A success as measured by several yardsticks. Thanks to all volunteers who helped with the cleanup, provided docent and other services for the event.  VC 19 Going, going, gone. That is, the Columbia Park and Southwestern lettering applied by Trolleyville. Mike Stauber and Frank Sirinek have sanded, primed, and repainted the letterboards on both sides of this car. At the left side of this image, you will see what is now the west end of CRT 1797. Welding repairs are now done, provided by Gerry Dettloff, and Tim Peters is in the process of trimming out the paint, and finishing some of the parts, showcasing what this end, and the other one, will eventually look like.  Let There Be Light Here is the first of new lights being assembled, installed and tested in the shop addition space on Barn 4. Barb Lanphier and Eric Lorenz seem to be amazed; while Ed Waytule remains in the backgorund working on CTS 4223. Speaking of which, Ed and Eric have been cleaning and reconditioning the side bumper rails for that car to make them 'showroom new'. Several recent weekdays saw activity with sanding, blocking, and painting done on the PCC. If the weather holds warm enough for a few more weeks, look for some exciting results here. Sunday, October 3. 2010Schroeder Store On the Move The store has left its location of several years, and after being emptied of stored parts and materials, moved about 500 feet south this week. Destination is a new site, part of the long range Main Street Plan.  The Hole Thing A hole is just something waiting to be filled. In this case excavated, and to be formed and filled with new footings and foundations for the relocated Schroeder store. Things moved fast this week on many fronts for this project. |
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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 [...]