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Thursday, September 29. 2011News and Views - September 28, 2011 Windows Rich Witt was sanding old finish off of a window being restored for CA&E 36, and pitched in and gave advice on many other projects.  Cleveland Henry Vincent worked on two light assemblies for the Cleveland PCC, CTS 4223. Earlier, Mike Alterio had done a welding repair on one of the rear bumper channels (on the bench), and we worked to remove old paint and rust from that and a roof grab iron assembly.  Polishing We would like to welcome new volunteer, Don Peterson, who got promptly to work buffing and polishing seat handles for the Sand Springs 68, and later moved to the cleaning up of some of the Cleveland parts.  New Canvas Time Peters has been applying new canvas to the hip roof areas on CRT 1797. From the ground, he is seen up on a lift and tucking and tacking the edges.  Brake Hangers After some shop fabrication work by Rod Turner, Frank Sirinek was ready to install four assemblies on the trucks of Chicago and West Towns 141. Pete Galayda and John Faulhaber were scrunched down below the car sides, installing one in this photo. Thursday, September 29. 2011CCW 300 Update - September 28, 2011We have been very busy lately with special events, but those are now mostly over (with one very large project remaining) and shop work was returning to normal.  For Whom the Bell Tolls Pete Galayda had this bell from the CCW 300 completely refurbished and sitting on the shop bench when we came in. Of course, everyone just HAD to ring it.  Installation Gerry Dettloff and John Faulhaber helped hoist this heavy item up on the hood and then bolted it in.  Head In the Clouds While it looks like Gerry is about to scuff his scalp on the roof rafters, it is just the photo angle and perspective. But this is a RARE shot of Gerry without a hat! Thursday, September 15. 2011News and Views - September 14, 2011 Straphangers Frank Kehoe was out early and painted three racks of straphanger loops and support pipes. These are removed from CRT 1797 and had been cleaned and ready to paint. It is amazing how another set of helping hands makes the progress much faster.  Caulking Speaking of another set of hands, Tim Peters was hit by a car last week, suffering a broken arm and other cuts and bruises. Nevertheless he was on site caulking window sills on the CRT 1797. It was his left arm!  Orange Paint And later on there was orange finish paint going on the belt rail and letterboards. This really snaps out the months of work and repairs, and replacing the rotted and damaged parts of the wood sides, pillars, and window trim.  Then There Was None Virtually all the track on track 31 inside Barn 3 has had new panel track laid in. Now the 200 feet or so or track through the door and outside have been removed. Dave Diamond is directing Nick Kallas in the bobcat to prepare the grade.  Painting By now you may realize that a large part of a volunteer life is painting. Roger Kramer has cleaned and stripped old layers of failed paint from the east end of the Pullman car, John Mc Loughlin, and is seen here spray painting the new primer. |
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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 [...]