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Sunday, October 17. 2010Wood Shop and Other News - October 16, 2010I suppose you will not see much in the way of folks working in the wood shop in this ENTRY, but a lot was going on, folks passing through, and the magnetic pull of the steam whistle causing many to put down their work and venture south to the steaming area. But, back to business.  More Color More color has been applied to the CTS 4223 PCC car. A few posts ago you saw that the bottom dark yellow (?) had been applied and above it you can now see the first coat of the next band of color below the window belt rail. This area is all on the north side and toward the front of the car.  Bumper Rails Still on the topic of CTS 4223, we can see Ed Waytula spraying primer on the set of side rails for this car. These are about 4 inch high plates of steel that wrap around the body and stand off of it a half inch or so. I suppose these greatly reduced marring of the sides with tire rubs from passing vehicles and a myriad of bumps and dings.  Those Are the Brakes In the Electric Car Shop, Ray Weart and Joel Arendt were repairing a brake cylinder for the Commonwealth Edison 4 locomotive. Nothing runs forever, and inside the cylinder was a broken piston spring. |
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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 [...]