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Thursday, August 18. 2011News and Views - August 17, 2011 Rear Window Lorne Tweed is providing some needed help to complete window installation on CTS 4223, our PCC car form Cleveland. He is working inside the car to clean old paint from the frame areas, and prime the raw metal, prior to fitting glass.  Welding Mike Alterio is welding new steel repair patches to the sides of the B&0 wagontop boxcar. Victor Humphreys cut and prepared the new metal, but installing them proved to be a challenge.  New Siding Tim Peters is installing new tongue and groove siding near one end of CRT 1797, the wood L car he is restoring. I suppose you could say this was exsiding (exciting) to see. It is always amazing to see the fast progress and careful work on this car.  Running Boards Pete Galayda has completed installing the new hood running boards on the west end of Charles City Western 300, one of our steeple car electric locomotives.  Dover Strait Meanwhile, by Barn 3 the Dover Strait is sunning itself outdoors. All of the equipment on Track 31 has been pulled from the Barn to allow for replacement of track. Gene Mackowiak is needlechipping decades of dried gunk and rust from the truck frames, while Bob Hunter follows closely behind applying new black paint. |
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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 [...]