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Thursday, September 8. 2011B&O Wagon Top Update - September 7, 2011 Patches Victor Humphreys continued to install patches and do related body work throughout the day. He is a perfectionist, insisting on the finished work being almost invisible of the repairs.  How Does That Grab You Mike Alterio is installing new grab irons to replace those damaged and missing on the A end. This day two were complete - fabricated, installed, and primed.  Fixture Rich Witt has become a valued fixture in our shop, but in this case 'fixture' refers to the wooden oak form and jig being assembled. New volunteer in our shop, David Diaz helps on the task.  Bending As soon as the wood jig was done, we fit a steel custom made die assembly into the hydraulic press and began forming new caps for the ribs on the boxcar. Rich Witt is supplying the muscle to the pump. IT WORKED! And as I was leaving the crew were hard at work to have seven pieces made and complete. Thursday, September 8. 2011News and Views - September 7, 2011 In the Sun Chicago and West Towns 141 made a rare appearance outdoors, as clearances were being checked on under car cabling, as the car negotiated a very sharp curve.  Rare Artifact Henry Vincent is pleased as longtime member Bob Rayunec donated an original North Shore Line First Aid kit. Wow! Where did that come from? Tuesday, September 6. 2011Michigan Electric 28 Update - September 3, 2011An Historic Moment! First Roof Slats Installed After cutting 300+ roof slats during the previous weekends, the time had come to begin the installation of the roof slats onto the roof ends of the car. The rear of the car was chosen because of good lighting and the lack any special cutting unlike the front which has the roof mounted headlight. Jeff Brady and Ray Schmid worked in the morning to prepare the carlines for the installation. Fans used in the morning to move the hot, humid Car Barn air were not needed later in the day as rainy weather arrived in the early afternoon and brought cooler temperatures that made the working conditions better. Work will continue during September to complete the ends with two layers of roof slats. Pictured below: Ray Schmid and Jeff Brady, nailing the first slat.
Pictured below: Ray finishes the day by nailing the 10th roof slat.
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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...