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Thursday, October 13. 2011CTS 4223 Update - October 12, 2011 Painting Simon Harrison was back on site and quickly pitched in cleaning and painting the interior body areas below the rear window.  More Painting And Lorne Twee did a variety of tasks. Here he is applying cream colored enamel to the rear door cabinet. Behind him you can see new paint on the front signbox area, front door cabinet, trim pieces under the standee windows, and MORE. Thursday, October 13. 2011News and Views - October 12, 2011 Lettering Class A change of pace, as we are working on signs for our Rock Island commuter cars. You see here an original window sign, a new black blank ready for lettering, and a new stencil to be used to transfer the pattern.  CAE 36 No, this is not the same window you have been seeing the past weeks. Rich Witt is restoring yet another window for this old wood bodied car. Come on out and help, there are plenty left!  Upholstery John Mc Kelvey has a smile on his face as he recovers the last of the large two person seat backs for North Shore 757  NP 230 The Wednesday Special Projects Group enjoyed another late fall day of pleasant weather. Lee Regione applies some dark green paint to the end.  Needle Chipping Joe Luciani is up on the scaffold removing layers of old paint on CGW 4160. These pneumatic tools are variously referred to as a needle chipper, needle scaler, or, in this case, if you heard the noise, a NEEDLE GUN! Thursday, October 13. 2011GN 70104 Update - October 12, 2011
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Friday, October 7 saw the weather holding with good temps and clear skies.  Chemistry Class John Mc Kelvey watches as the several components of this special primer are being added and mixed together. It is a light gray color and no option to tint it with this system.  First Squirt Not much to see but I could not help taking a pic as the first bit is sprayed on.  Hoppers The painter began on the hoppers and underframe, the hard parts to reach.  Hoppers Done  B End  Left Side  Left Side At the end of the day, the entire car and ends, underbody had been prime painted with a two part epoxy product that included a rust inhibitor. The car was returned to Barn 4 to remain clean, dry, and under roof. TO BE CONTINUED - - - |
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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 [...]
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What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
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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, [...]
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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.
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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 [...]
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Nice to see 428's cab back on. Looking forward to when it is operable!
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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 [...]
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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?
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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
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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 [...]