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Monday, July 23. 2012CGW X 38 Update - July 21, 2012Work continues on the snow plow restoration, lately working to replace wood framing and timbers inside the car body. This allows some relief from the withering heat, as the woodworking is done inside the shop.  Lintel John Faulhaber is working on the table saw with our sled jig to hog out material and result in new tenons on each end of this timber. It is a lintel, for the right hand doorway on the plow, the horizontal piece that helps frame the opening.  Door Frame With the lintel done, Buzz Morisette, John, and myself did a dry fit of all the parts on the workbench. This is an assembly that has to be put together first before installing in the car. Of course it fit perfectly (after two or three trips back and forth to trim up shoulders, etc). Henry Vincent helped start the boring process for the ten holes to mount it. Monday, July 23. 2012News and Views - July 21, 2012Another series of short reports this week, but do not despair, a lot was going on in the restoration shops.  Battery Tray Frank Sirinek has been quietly going about the business of working on Shaker Heights 63, a PCC car which was originally built for Minneapolis. New windows have been installed, and preliminary work under the car began recently. Here he is working on a new wooden battery tray. The new parts are in the foreground, the old thoroughly acid destroyed tray is behind that on the bench.  Flooring Victor Humphreys is inside the B&O wagon top boxcar working to install a new section of flooring. In the weather conditions this summer, it is a case of working short shifts inside the car, which does a good imitation of temps only encountered in a pizza oven. Except the boxcar has less air flow.  More Signs Henry Vincent is making and hanging a new interpretive sign fo Illinois Terminal 101. I bet we have hundreds of such informative signs already around the property, and each one was the labor of a committed volunteer to improve the visitor experience. |
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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 [...]