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Sunday, April 17. 2011Wood Shop Update - April 16, 2011 End Beams Tim Peters has two new end beams well in hand, destined for installation on CRT 1797. In the past few weeks we were able to acquire some old growth southern yellow pine timbers from a salvage site, and this allows some key steps to once again move forward. We invested a lot of money on this and other projects to secure this material, at about 15 cents on the dollar. If you can help out here with a donation, there is still more wood left that would suit and be tailor made in size to work on a number of projects.  A Glazed Look Buzz Morisette was glazing some of the new windows constructed for caboose MILW 01984. Better be careful swinging that hammer around all those sheets of glass!  Saw Base Victor Humphreys was continuing the prep work prior to prime painting our new base for the heavy circular saw we hope to place in service soon in the wood shop. Rod Turner had completed some additional welding on this during the week, thanks.  A New Door Roger Kramer and Bob Kutella are working on a base rail for a new station door. We had hoped to complete this last season, but other projects intervened. Here we are sawing stop cuts to define tenons on this large slab of wood. Yes, we do something beside turn out prodigious quantities of new windows in the shop.  A New Window That said, there seem to be endless quantity of new windows needing to be made. (As an example there are 96 panes of glass in the Sand Springs 68, and it does not use storm windows) It was good to see Henry Auchstetter out for the day, and he is discussing and examining a deteriorated window with Bob Kutella, the new ones to be destined for the Glen Springs. All of the many projects underway rely on two things - dedicated hardworking volunteers, and a source of funds. Can you help? We will teach skill sets and apply your labor, you will have to wrestle with your checkbook yourself! Sunday, April 17. 2011A New Building - April 16, 2011 The Footprint In addition to the Shroeder Store building construction, our Buildings and Grounds Department, under Dave Diamond, is adding an addition onto the existing B&G garage/storage facility. This will greatly enhance the capacity and make the building more productive and efficient. I took this pic facing into the teeth of a late spring snow squall. UGLY weather for the end of April. Continue reading "A New Building - April 16, 2011"Sunday, April 17. 2011ME 28 Update - April 16, 2011I do not get as much a chance to post updates on this project, since our schedules do not mesh very well. But yesterday the crew on the 28 was out in force, so here are a few views.  Traps Ray Schmid was continuing the many steps to finish the step well traps prior to installing them on the car. They have been painted, sanded and touched up. Later in the day new rubber matting was being cut and fitted for the top sides.  The Caul A caul is a sort of form or bending jig needed to make specialty parts. Jeff Brady constructed this large one for bending the new sheets of roofing for the 28. Here, he is modifying it to be able to bend some runners for the roof mats. It is a tricky process and one that is more art than science, largely disappeared from our society today. |
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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 [...]