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Thursday, December 8. 2011TMS Project - December 7, 2011WOW! Lots to see and report on this project!  Truck Repairs Gerry Dettloff works to weld up some of the surfaces on the truck pedestals. With the truck totally dismantled for painting, repairs are being made along the way to renew worn areas and breathe new life into the truck.  Pedestal Liners Several of the pedestal liners were worn, cracked or missing. These should be replaced with new, and we feel we can fabricate new ones to suit. The problem is with sourcing the manganese steel plate used for these wear parts. So, if anyone has a shop willing to part with a few square feet, it would save us the prospect of having to buy an entire sheet, a very expensive sheet at that.  New Tires We said things were moving fast on this project, and were not kidding. Here is your FIRST LOOK at the new tires, now delivered to the machine shop for mounting.  Old Wheels Also in the shop, here are two of the old wheel and axle sets, with the old tread turned down and ready for the new tires. The new tires get heated to a substantial temperature to expand their diameter, are placed on the wheel hubs, and then shrink and grip as they cool. This is a technique and proven process that has been used in the rail industry for over a century. Thursday, December 8. 2011Wood Shop Update - December 7, 2011 Windows Everywhere Victor Humphreys works to get green interior cab paint on eight new windows for Norfolk & Western 2050. You can also see a whole lot of new beading strips that were made, and of course those all get painted before glazing the frames. Some progress was also made ripping, planing and sawing pieces for two more new windows for the locomotive. Work was finished on a new door for the C&NW 10304 caboose and the door installed by Victor.  Cab Parts Pete Galayda has fabricated new parts to go into the cab interior for Charles City Western 300. Now primed, look for them to get the finish gray enamel soon. John Nelligan crawled into the far recesses of the hood and managed to extract a control resistor which proved to be good! Other work in the shop included Rich Witt doing the finish work on two new window frames for the GLEN SPRINGS. Frames have been fit to the openings, tails on the stiles trimmed, bevels cut on the bottom. Rich worked to use a router with a special jig he developed to plow out pockets for the lift hardware. Rich has scheduled surgery for a knee replacement after the first of the year and we all wish him a successful process, less pain, more mobility, and a speedy recovery! Thursday, December 8. 2011CTS 4223 Update - December 7, 2011 Retriever John Faulhaber works to get the right fit between the painted retriever and retriever mounting ring for this car, while Pete Galayda and Jim Followell 'supervise'. Before mounting on the rear of the car, we thought to check the fit and had to sand away some of the new paint buildup. Lorne Tweed has returned from his travels and he and Simon Harrison continued their work on the car, cleaning and refinishing side window sash, and working to get some of the newly painted parts and trim back on the car. More parts were delivered by the paint contractor, only two pieces remaining to be delivered. |
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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 [...]