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Thursday, August 2. 2012Michigan Electric 28 Update - August 2, 2012Roof Slat Installation and Side Window Replacement Continues! Jeff Brady is shown below belt sanding the first layer of rear roof mounted wood slats. In the blazing heat this summer, he is nailing the second and final layer over the first. The front and rear will both have two layers of slats that create the contour of the roof. The center carlines of the roof were covered with formed Masonite hard board that has now been painted with a flat black primer. Holes were recently cut by Walt Staffa (not pictured) for the roof vents that will be added following the installation of the canvas roof covering. Shown below is Doug Johnson removing the vent louvers inside the car before Walt cut the holes in the Masonite roof. Norm Krentel continues to disassemble the window sash openings to repair or replace the numerous pieces of wood stops or guides, and metal post caps while the sashes are out for restoration. Upon their return, the sashes are fitted with latches or lifts that will allow the passengers to operate the windows. Several window openings have been completed with the restored windows.
Ray Schmid is shown below installing the latches and lifts to the restored lower sashes. Also shown is Ray’s process for cleaning each pane of ornate upper sash glass before he sets them into the restored frames. There are interior and exterior upper sashes that span a set of two lower sashes. Ray has installed several cleaned panes into the waiting frames. Several of the pressed glass upper sashes have been installed on the car this summer. The press glass exterior upper sashes were painted white while the car was used as a cabin in Michigan and did not allow light to pass into the interior of the car. After paint removal and cleaning, the newly installed sashes make a huge difference in the appearance of the car. The before and after result is amazing! See for yourself in the above pictures in front of Norm.
    
Thursday, August 2. 2012CGW X 38 Update - August 1, 2012Still no rain so a good crew made continued progress yesterday.  Corner Post John Faulhaber is holding a new interior corner post for the rear end of the plow. Lest you think this looks like the same thing in the previous BLOG ENTRY, that one was fabricated and installed in a single day, last Saturday. This was just another stick of lumber at the start of the day. You can see the many steps and reliefs needed for fitting around interior rivet heads.  Prime Victor Humphreys immediately set about prime painting it, and by the end of the day it was dry enough to install and bolt into the car body. Tally - two work days, two new corner posts in and done.  Clean and Paint Jim Leonard worked again on the high parts of the north side of the body, needlechipping, wire wheeling, and priming the areas. Dave Rogan focused on replacing disassembled parts of the air piping inside the carbody. Yes, it was only 89 F in the shade outdoors in the breeze, but easily 15 degrees warmer inside the uninsulated box. John F also did a good job making a lintel and fitting mortise and tenon joints for door framing for the second side door on the plow. Thursday, August 2. 2012Wood Shop Update - August 1, 2012A quick break in our work yesterday showed the usual suspects at work on many projects.  Resistance Grids Pete Galayda had been reconditioning many resistance grids and is now reassembling stacks of those into 'resistance boxes'. I think seven such boxes are needed for his project, the Charles City Western 300 steeple cab locomotive. How does he do this so fast? Well, he and John Neligan (not pictured) are working every week on this and the progress cannot fail to be noticed.  Make a Drawing Rich Witt is in his new "engineering office" working on drawings and details for a new roof mounted fuse box for our PCC car, Cleveland Transit System 4223. Dave Rogan and Rich need to essentially make most of the parts and pieces new since the existing box was almost totally useless due to exposure to the elements and water damage. |
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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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What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
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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, [...]
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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?
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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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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 [...]