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Sunday, October 7. 2012Wood Shop Update - October 6, 2012There will only be a few short reports this time. In the areas I frequent there was not the typically large turnout of volunteers - maybe they were all out shopping for their Halloween costumes. But still a LOT of activity around the campus. If any of you would like to see more reports or more coverage, why not grab your digital camera and come out as a REPORTER? We could definitely use the help in this respect - in the areas I cover and for many of the other departments where work does not get reported and shared on a regular basis. Heavy lifting NOT REQUIRED!  Steam Team We were happy to welcome some members of the Steam Department into the wood shop, including the smiling Nigel Bennett, esteemed BLOG REPORTER for that department. They were making a sort of gauge stick, or story stick to assist with measuring each individual tube length for the FRISCO 1630 decapod. There are minor variations in the 'flatness' of the front and rear tubesheets and they hope to custom fit each tube to a particular opening.  Gaskets Eric Lorenz was working to replace bottom rubber gaskets on the over 50 windows needing it for our Cleveland Transit System 4223 PCC car. They are a very special cross section, found by Lorne Tweed and now on hand. Getting them into place is another story, but Eric has worked out a procedure for both the upper and lower windows. |
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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 [...]