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Sunday, May 15. 2011Wood Shop Update - May 14, 2011 Roof Eave We will start this entry with Tim Peters making what I would call the upper roof eave or edge for CRT 1797. This started out a week ago or so as some of the century old timber we salvaged from the Huntley Feed mill.  Planing Yes, all you readers here will have seen pictures of our planer making wood chips. But here is one for a new project. Lorne Tweed ran 16 pieces through multiple passes to exactly 'nail' the thickness for new window frames for the GLEN SPRINGS.  More Brass Victor Humphreys continued to help out on polishing brass parts for the Sand Springs 68. In his hands are one 'before' and one 'after'.  A Closer Look Drat, a fuzzy image! But maybe you can still appreciate the mirror-like finish after some tedious work with compound and a buffing wheel. He completed five window lifts, and we coated them with clear lacquer. For the benefit of the 68, you should all hope for continued cold and rainy weather - it makes a good shop project. The next step for the station door involved machining and gluing up stock for the last two panels for this new door. We managed that, and some shop maintenance work as well. Sunday, May 15. 2011ME 28 Update - May 14, 2011Jeffy Brady was out again, toiling on the project.  Molding Lorne Tweed and Jeff are trying to carefully measure some very small molding, the stuff that is used to retain glass in the windows. The goal is to manufacture about 200 feet of this from mahogany.  At the Saw Jeff has moved on to the saw to begin cutting test strips. It is a pretty complicated setup needing custom jigs and holddowns. |
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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...
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
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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 [...]
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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 [...]