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Friday, May 4. 2012Wood Shop Update - May 2, 2012 Rocky Selfishly, I will show this here, as we continue to handpaint the famous "ROCKY" Great Northern herald on the right side of our hopper car, GN 70104. It may seem a random act but trust me there is method to the madness. The white needs two coats and that has been done on the goat and the four lower letters. Stay Tuned.  Exsiding Here is Lake Shore Electric 810 with the last of the new siding in place. Both sides and ends!  Clear Coat We would like to welcome back Mr. Richard Witt to the shop work, following knee replacement surgery. We all missed you Rich. Here he is applying clear coat to aluminum sash windows from Cleveland Transit System 4223, after they have been cleaned up.  Benchwork Jim Leonard was caught in the act of installing pieces of sheet metal for the rear seat bench and surrounding wall panels in the 4223.  Corner Piece Jim has just done the final fitting on this piece of corner trim, and is on his way to the car. Also on this project, we missed getting a pic of Simon Harrison who was laboring on cleanup of STILL MORE window track pieces.  Parts Henry Vincent was finding new treasures in a cache of parts and fasteners donated and sent by a member in Ohio. A belated thank you, Charley. There was still more car work being done on several projects including the CCW 300 steeple cab locomotive, CRT 1797 rapid transit car, and other work I am failing to recognize. |
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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 [...]