Again, here is a sampling of some of the other work I passed by during the day.
Volunteer Frank Carraro has been working to restore and upgrade communications equipment in our depot office. Here, you will see a green card behind one of the bay window sash. This represents an early form of communicating a train order to the crew of a train arriving at the station. A yellow board and a red board are also built and can be displayed for instructing the crews.
Our Cleveland PCC needs to have this fuse box restored. It contains a ribbon fuse and is mounted on the roof just after the voltage and current are delivered from the trolley pole. Eric Lorenz and Lorne Tweed are fitting together pieces and will be repairing and remaking some of the parts that were too water damaged to be reused.
When the rains came, we moved inside the shop and milled four new pieces of Douglas fir to be used for new trolley boards on the CTS 4223. Lorne and Eric inspect the results.
Victor Humphreys just quietly goes about the business of restoring our B&O wagon top boxcar. Here the top panel of the door on the right side has had rust and old paint removed and has been reprimed. Good choice of primer, huh? Almost the same color as the rusty metal!
Comments
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 [...]