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Sunday, November 6. 2011CTS 4223 Update - November 2-5, 2011 Small Window Rich Witt started out with one of the small side windows for this car, working by hand to remove dirt, crud, and corrosion. We are still experimenting to try to make better use of power tools for this job.  Large Window By Saturday Rich has completed some of the small ones and attacked the first of the larger sash. This car has two sash for each side window, something that may seem foreign to Chicago natives. The smaller one fits in the bottom of the window opening and is fixed in place to prevent arms and elbows from hanging outside the car. The larger one rests on top of that and can be raised and lowered. Other work continued on the project with drawings prepared and orders let for new sheet metal fabrications needed to complete the side window work and interior trim. It all goes together like a puzzle, with the bottom wainscotting the first piece to be installed. Lorne Tweed also did some painting in the front dash area and worked to make jigs and fixtures for installing the first piece of interior headlining. Sunday, November 6. 2011B&O Wagon Top Update - November 5, 2011 Paint Crew Today we managed to paint a second coat of finish enamel on the roof of the boxcar. Cool weather, but the steel warmed up quickly in the sun. Victor Humphreys and Roger Kramer are pictured. Roger deserves a special thanks for his help on this. Other BLOG posts from me will be sketchy this week, since I was up on the roof slogging paint with the others, and sometimes wondered if more paint got on me or on the roof. |
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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 [...]
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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...
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
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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 [...]
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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 [...]