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Thursday, October 20. 2011TMS Project - October 19, 2011It has been some time since we posted an entry on this project. But there is a lot of news!! The new tires were ordered some months ago and the promised delivery date is fast approaching.  The Truck One of the trucks from TM 972 has been on Track 42 at the east end of Barn 4. John Faulhaber and Gerry Dettloff attacked it with the idea of dismantling the assembly to get the wheelsets out. In this pic the traction motor is out, and the main truck bolster has been chained and is being lifted free.  Naked Truck With the bolster assembly removed and set aside, we can see what the 'next layer' looks like.  Sideframes The final step was to remove the lower sideframe castings, journal bearings, and journal boxes. At days end the two wheelsets were out, marked, and ready to ship. It is not too late for you all to help on this project. A substantial amount of match money has been pledged to the project, and some of it still remains. So every dollar you generously contribute to fund R TMS will become TWO DOLLARS!! Please consider a year end donation to this project. Thursday, October 20. 2011CTS 4223 Update - October 19, 2011 Paint B Gone Simon Harrison took over where Alex Randow left off last Saturday, and managed to make a lot of headway cleaning up the rear ceiling panel.  Front End Lorne Tweed has masked off a lot of the interior front end and dashboard areas. He is about to paint cleaned and 'paint ready' areas underneath the dashboard. I stopped by to take a quick picture and spent 10 minutes reading an interesting story in the newspaper he used.  Windows Frank Sirinek stopped his canvasing duties long enough to hold an impromptu 'class' in restoring window sash for the 4223. John McKelvey, Lorne Tweed, Frank Sirinek, Simon Harrison, and Pete Galayda are at the lecture hall, all the students are 'soaking up' Frank's knowledge and experiences.  Windows While Frank demonstrated a lot of 'dos and don'ts', it appears there is no magic bullet for these aluminum framed sash, so some time will be spent before being ready to finally install in the car. Thursday, October 20. 2011GN 70104 Update - October 19, 2011The day proved borderline too cold to risk applying some more paint on the hopper car.  GREAT So we spent some time cutting additional patterns and transfer stencils and then applying them to the car.  NO-T---- In this way the images are already transferred to the car side and ready for paint on the next warmer day. |
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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 [...]