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Thursday, September 13. 2012CGW X 38 Update - September 12, 2012A good crew continued on the job today, much of the time preparing for Showcase Weekend. Please stop by.  These Will Grab You The grab irons, steps, and handrails have received their first coat of finish black on the northwest corner of the plow. Inside work today included repairing and cleaning, prime painting of the two cast threshold plates, and priming of custom made moldings done last week.  Chipping Away At It Dave Rogan was on the job all day, and here is chipping old paint and rust from the back wall of the plow. We moved around a lot and tried to make best use of the nice weather today, although some said it was too hot. Some needlechipping and wire brushing was done on the sloping nose of the plow up front, testing the access we have to reach some of those areas.  Paint Saving the best image to last. Victor Humphreys sanded and repainted a second coat of black on the plow wings and the side of the nose wedge. It is really spiffy clean and shiny. Come out and see for yourself! That is really a deep, rich maroon. Thursday, September 13. 2012News and Views - September 12, 2012Here we were, toiling industriously on the Russell plow, when we heard a faint rumbling, that of a locomotive. What to our wondering eyes should appear but the glorious LAKE CITY, out to stretch its legs, and to be turned end for end on the wye.  LAKE CITY Thursday, September 13. 2012CTS 4223 Update - September 12, 2012Work continues along on this project, even if I had not been able to catch some quick images on the shop work.  Pressing Work On the Drill Press, that is. Lorne Tweed is involved with a boring job, boring many holes in the new trolley board timbers. Then Lorne sent me two images (seen below) to include here. Keep them coming, Lorne!  More Parts Simon Harrison was applying the finish paint to still more parts that have been prepped or fabricated for the trolley board assembly.  Here It Is Here is the first view of the fairly complex trolley board assembly as each part is tested for fit. A good sized chunk of this will be lifted to the roof in one piece to avoid as much as possible, the same work up on the roof. Yes, this is seemingly a small part of the overall project, but many parts and pieces are needed, each to be fit in a particular place. |
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Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
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...