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Tuesday, May 8. 2012TMER&L D 13 - May 5, 2012Gerry Dettloff has submitted some images for you to pore over. He is not too much for words, so with apologies, here we go.  The Car Here is the car as of 2003. This is an iconic but seldom preserved piece of electric railway work equipment. Ours is from The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company, or TM for short. It is known as a DUMP MOTOR since it is operational and self propelled and the pan between cabs could be dumped to the side, either left or right. It was built in 1920.  Front Gerry, has been helped for some years as he works on this, by Henry Vincent and John Faulhaber. This series of pics focuses on the cab at one end of the car, as they strip the roof to bare framing and painstakingly make new wood parts. Above focuses on the new front end of the roof and tack molding.  Letterboard At the side of the cab was a wood letterboard extension that had no two square sides to it.  Almost Ready Here is the new roof almost ready for new canvas, showing the trolley lead which will be mounted to the trolley base.  Cab Rear Wood was repaired or replaced at the rear of the cab also.  Work Light There is a five bulb series of lights (5 x 120v = 600v) on the rear of the cab and this has been extensively rebuilt. |
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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 [...]
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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.
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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!
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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 [...]
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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
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