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Monday, November 15. 2010Wood Shop and Other News - November 14, 2010The title of this entry and comments are somewhat misleading this time. It seemed there was not a large turnout of volunteers today, but I am sure they were merely scattered around our large site involved in other projects. At least they were not where I was when I had the camera in my pocket.  Controller Cover But I did get to see Frank Hicks cleaning the old paint off one of the controller covers for CA&E 319. Loud work but the needlechipper greatly speeds up the process. Bob Sundelin and I continued to work inside the Sand Springs 68, on the passenger signal system. By end of day all the connections had been made and taped, and all the trim and car parts reassembled. (We had to take a lot of stuff apart to access and repair, test the system.) Several members dropped in during the day and all seemed delighted to press the buttons and hear the buzzers. This was getting pretty chilly to work out in the car, and is a good stopping point for the winter recess in unheated space. Andrew Sunderland was out working on a Westinghouse D 3 series compressor. Heads off, lots of cleaning, etc. I think this is an exact duplicate of one on the South Shore 1100, but is a 600 volt variety which will improve the operation any of that car's air systems on our 600 volt supply.
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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 [...]
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What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
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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.
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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!
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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 [...]
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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?
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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
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