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Friday, September 21. 2012Wood Shop Update - September 19, 2012 Window Sills Next on the list for new wood for our CGW X38 snowplow is to fabricate three new windowsills. Rich Witt has cut out a template and is examining new southern yellow pine stock for the next step.  Routing the Profile We first routed two round overs for the outside lip of the sill, and then used the table saw to mill a groove to serve as a drip lip. Then back to the router. Here, Rich Witt, Jim Leonard, and Dave Rogan are taking turns at removing a 5 degree taper from the bottom of the sill stock.  Hot Work Here we see Mike Alterio working on new locking bars to be used to secure doors for our Chicago and West Towns 141 streetcar. Nothing like fire and red hot steel to grab our attention.  Clean Up Crew The real grunt job for the day was to do a very thorough annual cleanup of the shop area. This is in preparation for the weekend event where IRM hosts a meeting of a group devoted to Old Wood Working Machines. Several of those on hand pitched in willingly and with vigor and the shop space is cleaner and ready to go. As a reminder, shop work will be on a restricted basis Saturday and Sunday as attendees will be on hand conducting clinics and demos in the shop. Friday, September 21. 2012B&O Boxcar Update - September 19, 2012Work on this restoration project has continued all summer, with rusted out areas of the car sides cut out and removed. New metal was cut and fit into place waiting for welding.  Welding All the pieces fell into place, as it were, and the boxcar was moved inside Barn 4. A welder systematically wrestled with the new steel and matched it up very well, to the existing sides. This was necessary since the steel sides, and patches for that matter, are somewhat flexible.  New Steel in Place By the end of the day four areas had new steel welded in and all the sections were bolted in place. These bolts are to hold everything tight and are removed, one at a time, to place the new rivets. Of course there will be a few hours of work with the grinder to smooth the welds out and make them 'disappear'. |
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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 [...]