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Thursday, March 1. 2012Wood Shop Update - February 29, 2011I suppose you will not see this much progress in the wood shop on this date for four more years (lame joke dept).  Windows Victor Humphreys and John Faulhaber are squaring up and clamping two more windows for Illinois Central 3996. Earlier, John went through the painstaking fitting of the last sash needed for this 'order' and then proceeded to glue up two more.  Patchwork Buzz Morisette continues on restoration of an interior door for our Illinois Terminal electric equipment. He is skillfully fitting a patch to one stile to replace rotted sections and then will add the bottom rail before gluing everything in place.  HMMM Victor Humphreys and Tim Peters are studying the schematics in an effort to complete work to use our large 20 inch tablesaw. A lot of effort has gone into this and it is needed now to saw large salvaged timbers destined for the CRT 1797 project. There was of course other work on site today. A crew was working to resolve electrical problems out in the Barns where our Milwaukee Electric dump motor D 13 lives, while in the shop we completed a new fireman's side window for N&W 2050, and made progress on a second similar window for the engineer's side of the cab. |
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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 [...]