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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! |
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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...