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Thursday, March 8. 2012Wood Shop Update - March 7, 2012 Finishing Up The final two recesses have been routed into the new fireman's side window for Norfolk & Western 2050. Dick Cubbage is touching up the last areas by hand - the old fashioned way with some sandpaper.  Fitting Victor Humphreys is doing the final adjustments to fit for the engineer's window for the N&W 2050.  Book Em The above window and the last sash for the Illinois Central 3996 diner were assembled and glued. John Faulhaber helped on this and then completed the task by cleaning up around the shop. So, we are close to closing the books on two shop orders.  Stop Em Mike Alterio and Frank Sirinek were trying to resurrect two hand brake assemblies to be installed on the Chicago and West Towns 141. Other work seen in the shop included George Clark working on new siding for Lake Shore Electric 810, John Nelligan working on Charles City Western 300, and a few more volunteers working on the TM D 13, a traction dump motor. Thursday, March 8. 2012CTS 4223 Update - March 7, 2012 Trim Panels Dick Cubbage and Dave Rogan are discussing methods to remove many layers of paint (and rust below that) for two trim panels that go over the last two side windows at the rear of the car.  Sparks Flying Dick is not one much inclined to 'watching'. In short order he was out in the barn and the sparks were flying!  A Tutorial Simon Harrison watches as Dick gives a tutorial on the finer points of this work. No, it is not simple grunt work!  It Takes Two To Tango? Maybe for the dance but more hands here make for fast work. Simon and Dave were both in a sort of competition cleaning the sheet metal so it can be prime painted this weekend.  Glistening These are barely recognizable compared to how they were a few hours ago. See the first image in this entry. These have almost a mirror finish and are typical to the ten items completely stripped today. Not that I was counting - they may have done more than that. |
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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 [...]