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Thursday, September 1. 2011B&O Wagon Top Update - August 31, 2011 Exercise The boxcar got some rare mileage 'exercise' as it was pulled from Track 40 by the US Army switcher.  Into the Barn The car was turned end for end to facilitate the next work, and then travels Track 41 going into Barn 4. Note the good progress in cleaning and priming several of the side panels.  Patches Not the old pop song "Patches", but some new steel. Five areas of rusted out sides were removed and new steel plates made by Victor Humphreys. Rod Turner welded them in and now the grinding will ensue to smooth out the repaired areas. At day's end the car was turned again and placed back on the Track 40 work area.  New Fixture Meanwhile back in the shop, Rich Witt was making the female part of a new set of fixtures and dies to bend some sheet metal for future application to the car. Using hard oak, we are hoping the new metal can be formed to shape and then used to patch still more rusted out parts on the car. Thursday, September 1. 2011CTS 4223 Update - August 31, 2011I have added a new category for this project car, probably long overdue.  Sign Box |
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Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
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...