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Sunday, June 5. 2011Car Work - June 4, 2011EDIT: More Photos ADDED. In the Freight Car Department we took advantage of the clear weather to work outdoors.  Car Cleaning Henry Vincent stopped by to check on work by John Faulhaber. As reported elsewhere we are working in earnest to restore our B&O wagon top boxcar, 374065. The work now is real GRUNT work, wire brushing and cleaning old paint and rust off of the entire exterior, and priming as areas are completed. A good two hours were put in before the sun and heat became brutal.  Buzz Morisette Photo Buzz snuck up behind me while I was stripping rust high on one side of the boxcar.  Trucks Victor Humphreys completed repainting the trucks on this now nearly complete, restored caboose. It fairly glistens in the bright sun.  Buzz Morisette Photo Here is good image of the car completely restored, waiting for its inspection. WOW!  Inspections The majority of effort and hours were spent on our annual inspections and maintenance for operating cars. In this case five cabooses were moved to track 41. Here, in order, are RI 19135, CB&Q 13572, UP 3786, CGW 601, and MILW 01984. Not a RED CABOOSE among them! It is hard to understand how this happens with limited operating miles logged, but defects were noted on every car, pointing out the importance of attending to items, large and small. Rod Turner and his Electric Car Department folks showed great co-operation in pitching in with switching the cars to this location, and in helping identify and repair defects. By the end of the day, MILW 01984 and UP 3786 had passed the inspection process and were released to the operating department. The remaining three cars were being swarmed over by a number of workers, and will be released for running as they are completed.
Sunday, June 5. 2011Site Update - June 4, 2011I am going to post these to a new General Category since the work covered so many diverse projects and areas. Weather was clear but HOT, yet there was a good turnout and much getting done.  Public Improvement Here is a view of our main intersection at Central and Depot. B&G is undertaking MAJOR work all along this area. By the start of the day two new precast concrete vaults had been sunk and put in place. Just as with many infrastructure improvements anywhere, a lot of work will be hidden below the finished paving. There are new manholes being installed, lots of underground electrical conduits and wiring, new concrete curbing, drainage improvements, and so on.  More Poles Our line department, led by Max Tyms, has installed a new steel line pole at Central and the crossing of the car line route. I believe this is some of the work needed for new overhead for our Electric Trolley Bus line.  Glass is Coming Eric Lorenz was busy laying out and cutting new templates for glass for the CTS 4223 PCC. There are many sizes and shapes needed, and not all of them conform to record drawings of the car as built. So each unique piece must be carefully drawn on a template, cut out to allow for the rubber gaskets used to mount them, before placing an order to have glass cut.  Roof Work In Barn 4, Norm Krentel and Walt Stafa were up on the scaffold, fitting and continuing the work for a new roof for Michigan Electric 28. In this shot they are working at the front of the car. Other work was seen on a number of projects. Jon Fenlaciki continued restoring brass sash for CA&E 451. John Mc Kelvey was busy reupholstering seats for CNS&M 757. North Shore 714 has been repainted and has been pulled out from inside Barn 2. The Electric Car Department with Buzz Morissette was starting on the lettering and heralds for the car. Specifically the red background field for the heralds on each side, was laid out and masked, with red paint about to be sprayed as I was leaving. Joel Arendt was installing new trolley poles on one of the CA&E cars, and Frank Sirinek and Mike Stauber worked on our PCC fleet. |
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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 [...]