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Monday, November 21. 2011News and Views - November 19-20, 2011 Mortising Tim Peters has suffered another bicycle accident, yet he was in the shop on crutches, here balanced before our mortising machine as he works on another 'production' run of many more new windows for the CRT 1797.  Painting This is the only image I managed for the CTS 4223 project, so I will not post a separate entry for just this. Several folks worked lustily this weekend and the result is this collection of many loose parts. These are to be primed and painted off site, many cans of paint and primer set out. Most of these have been dry fitted to the carbody, and once painted, will allow us to mount them to the carbody, making a big impact in the visual 'completeness' of the car.  Yes More Windows Roger Kramer made another of his regular appearances, working in the woodshop. This time continuing to make little pieces of mahogany from big pieces, new windows for the IC heavyweight. Monday, November 21. 2011ME 28 Update - November 20, 2011 Upper Sash The first rebuilt windows for this car have been received after being processed by an outside contractor. Ray Schmid is sanding them down and applying additional coats of polyurethane to protect them. This car has paired sets of regular side windows below a long double width upper sash, seen here. And each window has the regular sash and an additional storm sash outside of that.  Lower Sash The lower sash are also sanded and here you see Ray applying the smooth top coat of polyurethane. See how it shines?  Side Windows Meanwhile out in the carbarn, Norm Krentel is giving the window openings a thorough going over, removing many layers of old paint, and making needed repairs.  End Roof And Jeff Brady is continuing to work on the new end roof. This becomes very complex and more or less requires a SCULPTOR rather than an ordinary guy with some carpenter skills. Jeff is the man for the job. Sunday, November 20. 2011Trivia quiz (Clue - Signalling)When in the UK recently I visited the museum at the Severn Valley Railway. This interesting piece of hardware was in the signalling section. Similar items to this were part of the rules test when I was firing on a preserved line in the UK some years ago.  Strange object Who can explain what it is? Nigel |
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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 [...]