Rich Witt is working on new windows for the Glen Springs passenger car. The latch on this Pullman built car is a bit different from what we have seen before (aren't they all?) and it is a bit tricky to design the best way of plowing out the recesses for mounting them.
I guess that caption is a typo and should be STILE. John Faulhaber is fitting the middle bottom stile for the new station door. We made a lot of good progress on this project today as you will see following.
Before I knew it John had both ends of the piece done and the accompanying rails dry fitted. Looks like a capital I - - - for IRM?
With all the frame members made, John F was helped by longtime member Bob Rayunec as they coaxed all the pieces together for the first time.
If you do not recognize the name, Bob is a longtime member, probably has a lower seniority number than me! He was out for some DC overhead wire work. They are starting to hang trolley wire over the Yard 8 - Car Line connector track. This will greatly simplify getting equipment out of Barns 6, 7, and 8. I also saw a new pole planted in the ground for the northward extension of the west end of the trolley bus line.
A raised panel will be made for each of the four openings in the door frame, but the next steps are to rout 32 stopped chamfers on the frame, each opening, front and back. Those are John's hands running the router.
Meanwhile Henry Vincent added some new ductwork and gates to make it more convenient to collect dust from both ports of our disk/belt sander.
And in the new shop annex, Victor Humphreys and Steve Holding were working on mounting the 20 inch circular saw to the newly fabricated frame. The blade in there now is only a 16 inch size - it can take a BIGGER one! Here they have partially dismantled the saw and placed it on the frame for the first time. We moved the wood shop A Frame and hoist there to save our backs, and hopefully make it a bit safer.
The saw was placed on the frame, and holes marked to bolt down the machine. Then take the machine off, drill all the holes, and hope they line up. We must have gotten lucky - five bolts and they all dropped right into place.
Comments
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 [...]