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Friday, June 17. 2011CCW 300 Update - June 17, 2011Pete Galayda is project manager for this restoration and he sent a few additional images of the work to restore the electrical and headlights for this locomotive.  Jacks Not the children's game of JACKS but some of the old jacks and blocks for plugging in and making the electrical connections for the arc headlights, and the new set made in our shops. Clearly, the old split and rotted wood need new replacements made.  Arc Lights Earlier this week I posted an image in the wood shop report of one of the new lights installed on the locomotive hood. Here is a better shot of NEW vs OLD. It may be only a small part of the overall project but it is a significant amount of work, more than cleaning and repainting some old metal. John Nelligan has worked to document and discover the old wiring schemes, conduit has been replaced, the switches cleaned and repaired, the headlight resistance unit fixed, and so on. Pete and John both deserve a lot of credit for this and all the other work to bring this locomotive back to life (eventually) and make it an attractive and worthy display in our collection. |
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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 [...]