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Thursday, November 17. 2011News and Views - November 16, 2011Here are some quick images of work in the wood shop yesterday. There was a lot more work going on on other projects, but little opportunity for me to record them. The theme topic for today - WINDOWS!  New Wood Roger Kramer worked all day in the wood shop, and brought some nice mahogany to the party. He hopes to get many new windows fabricated in the shop this winter.  Parts Roger processed those large slabs of wood into many smaller parts, destined to become rails and stiles for passenger car windows in IC 3996. There are examples of three very different windows on the bench here. Can you guess where these are from? Regular readers here should have no trouble with this pop quiz.  Windows Simon Harrison works to clean and refurbish aluminum framed windows for CTS 4223. He and Lorne Tweed were kept busy all day on this and several other aspects of this ongoing project.  More Windows Rich Witt began finish painting of several new windows that the shop made for Norfolk and Western 2050. Yes, we work on Steam Projects also.  Window Templates Victor Humphreys is working on cardboard templates for new cab windows for the N&W 2050. John Faulhaber helped and I made a few trips to the locomotive also. These are the rather odd shaped hinged windows facing forward from the engineer's and fireman's sides of the cab. This is going to be TRICKY! |
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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
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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 [...]
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 [...]