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Sunday, July 10. 2011Trolley Bus West Loop The West Loop, freshly paved on 07/02/2011 The paving for the trolley bus west loop was completed on Friday, July 01! It was part of the larger Depot Street project which rehabbed pavement that was up to 30 years old. Dave Diamond and the B&G crew worked tirelessly over the past couple months to get this project done on time, by the 4th of July weekend. Although not yet open, we were allowed to carefully drive over the Central & Depot intersection to provide scheduled service on Saturday, July 02. If all goes well, we will be able to start setting poles shortly after Thomas. Then the final step is to string the overhead. Our hope is to have everything complete in time for scheduled service next season.
Sunday, July 10. 2011Shop News - July 9, 2011 Standee Windows For me, the biggest eye opener of the afternoon came when I walked by the Cleveland 4223 PCC and saw four new standee windows already installed! Eric Lorenz is doing a very classy job and these windows make a huge visual difference to the car.  Brick Mold Lorne Tweed has completed the work to make a new mold for a specialty refractory brick for the steam shop. Primer is being applied to seal the mold surfaces, and then two coats of enamel will finish the job, ready to pour. We also saw Tom Schneider drop by and supplied some material for making a new pattern for a cast iron item that has worn out and broken.  Turbine Paint Buzz Morisette spends several 'extra' days at IRM during each week, and he has been doing a lot of prep work on the UP 18 turbine. Today he is mixing aluminum colored paint and loading it into the spray gun for application to the trucks and underbody equipment. This project is a lot of work, let alone to be accomplished working alone.  Brass Sash If it seems to you like Jon Fenlaciki has been working a long time restoring windows for CA&E 451, it must seem like FOREVER to him. But he has made the personal commitment to do these and he was at work again in the shop. There was a lot of other activity including more cleaning and paint work on our B&O boxcar, removing the A end tackboards, Tim Peters continuing on the CRT 1797, brass polishing, work for new CSL 3142 brake shoes, and a host of other items I could not cover. |
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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 [...]