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Sunday, November 14. 2010Wood Shop and Other News - November 13, 2010 Open and Shut Tim Peters has several of the large doors removed from CRT 1797 and is engaged in patching woodwork, filling, sanding (LOTS of sanding), and restoring them to be replaced in the carbody.  A Window By Any Other Name Bill Moran is looking over the plans and sample original window from B&M 1094. He and Rich Witt did a lot of detective work to make more measurements and resolve discrepancies in the carbody openings. We started cutting the rough stock for a new one today but were not able to get all the pieces from the wood furnished to us by the project team.  More Nosing Eric Lorenz was back on the job fitting more rubber nosing strips for CTS 4223. Earlier entries here showed the nosing and their installation on the four rear door leafs for this car. These are for the front door leafs.  An Insider Meanwhile Ed Waytula was working on the front door leafs inside the car. Tough to get an image here, but you get the idea.  Wiring And here is rare shot of me inside Sand Springs 68. Bill Moran also helped a bit with this project today. Here there was a lot of tracing of circuits and wiring to complete the hookup of all twenty passenger signal buttons. It should have been easier, but here I am inside one of the end seat boxes making the last three connections. They all worked!! |
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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 [...]