Lorne Tweed is making some progress on the project for the Steam Shop. This is to be a mold to cast a specialized piece of refractory firebrick to serve as the arch or top piece in a rivet forge.
Pete Galayda is now making running boards which mount to the top of the hoods on the Charles City Western 300 steeple cab.
Randy Hicks is involved in repainting and repairing one of the cars acquired from the Trolleyville Collection. In this case it is Chicago Aurora & Elgin 36. While he is working on the body in one of our Barns, he was very considerate to bring over a window for the Wood Shop to attack. Most of the windows are in good enough shape that replacements will not have to be made. Here, Rich Witt makes short work of sanding and removing the old layers of paint from both sides. This is good work in our air conditioned shop if any of you wish to volunteer. Next steps on this frame are to repair it with epoxy filler, and then sand again and prime paint it.
Victor Humphreys examines new stock fresh from the planer. That is a machine that planes thin layers of wood from thicker stock, to produce a custom thickness, as needed for almost every project.
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 [...]