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Sunday, August 7. 2011Wood Shop Update - August 6, 2011I will start out this report with a pic of work being done on our B&O wagontop boxcar.  Ready for More Primer There was some rain in the morning, but Victor Humphreys was on the job as the skies cleared. You can see that the A end and two of the side panels are nearly ready for some finish paint.  Handles John Faulhaber and I continued on the many seat handles needed for the Sand Springs 68. These are NEW rough castings from a foundry and require a substantial amount of cleanup up before they are ready to be installed in the car. On the bench, are three more castings ready for the buffing and polishing steps.  Roof Slats Ray Schmid and Jeff Brady brought out a large shipment of new basswood planks to be used on the roof ends for the Michigan Electric 28. They were on the table saw ALL DAY, shrouded in dust, cutting the stock down to the thin slats needed. Basswood is the traditional species of wood used for this application. These will be bent and installed over the roof ends, and I believe they are going to attack the rear end of the car first. Lots of other work was going on by many of the volunteers including Tim Peters, now fitting new window sills on the CRT 1797, Frank Sirinek, busy as always with Mike Stauber helping, Randy Hicks, and many I am sure I am missing here. |
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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
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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 [...]