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Wednesday, August 3. 2011More Steam News - August 2, 2011Here is a late breaking news photo taken at IRM on August 2, 2011 by Tim Peters. This must be a pretty impressive machine to get a dyed in the wool L car fan out of the shop on a hot summer day.  Leviathan They really remove a lot of stuff to allow shipping the locomotive as a "KIT", which answers a lot of questions about making a move with such a large machine. Be sure to click on the THUMBNAIL to enlarge the image. Tuesday, August 2. 2011Steam Report - July 30, 2011Jim Opolony continues to keep us informed! Here is what went on in the shop.  Ready for Work The early crew members got to the shop before 9:00 AM and began the process of removing and tagging the third row of superheaters. This job was done by 10:00 AM. Once again the nuts on the hanger bolts were rusted on, so they had to be heated. This takes time since we have to avoid damaging those parts that are cast iron. The fourth and final row of superheaters took until after 1:30 PM to get out.  Front Tube Sheet Later in the day, Rod Turner of the Electric Car Department was kind enough to help us out by pushing the 1630 into the steam shop with the U.S. Army switcher. The next step is to start removing tubes form the boiler.To do this, the necessary tools were identified and readied so that the superheater flues and boiler firetubes can be removed.  View Down Through Stack While this work was going on, shop members were out in our utility boxcar, set on the ground near the 'steam lead', hooking up our water system. This needed to be done to accommodate the upcoming visit of the LEVIATHAN. Another attempt was made to separate the tender from the Shay. It was unsuccessful once again. It appears a pin on the drawbar is the problem.
Monday, August 1. 2011Michigan Electric 28 - Hot News July 31, 2011There has been a lot of hot news this summer concerning the ME 28. Mainly because this summer has been so hot. Working on the roof of the car in a hot car barn has slowed our progress somewhat. The good news this week is that we are about to fasten down the last roof panel. It could have been completed this Sunday, but after fastening one curved panel Norm Krentel and Ray Schmid were feeling the effects from the heat. Even using a fan didn’t seem to help as the temperature in the car barn reaches 100+ degrees on the ME 28’s roof. So by mid-afternoon it was time for Norm and Ray to go into the woodshop to cool down. The remaining center panel was cut to fit and just needs to be screwed down next Sunday to officially finish the roof panel installation. Pictured below - Norm (top) and Ray working to finish the roof panels.
Next is the fabrication and installation of the basswood strips to create the curved end portions of the front and rear roof ends. Two layers of wood strips cut and nailed to fit will replicate what was created by St. Louis Car Company when the car was built in 1913. Jeff Brady has been working to prepare the carlines to properly contour the basswood strips as they are bent over the ends. Next week the process to ready the strips for installation will begin. We are all planning to have the roof ends completed and ready for canvas before winter. Pictured below - Jeff shapes the end carlines. |
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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 [...]