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Monday, November 12. 2012CGW X 38 Update - November 10, 2012 The Nose We got a break and applied more black paint to the primed areas on the nose. I say 'we' but Victor Humphreys did the dirty work.  On the Body And on the body, Victor was adding more finish paint. In an ideal world all of the areas wearing primer get at least one cost of finish enamel to protect them over the coming winter. You can also see that the south side has been 'winterized' getting that ready for bad weather. All openings have seen blanks installed, here you can see the south window and south door have been so prepared.  Headlight In the shop Ray Pollice continued the patient work of paint removal on the new headlight obtained and donated by one of our remote member/supporters.  Headlight Parts Ray finished up the paint removal and here are the aluminum castings waiting for a special primer to be applied. The rubber gaskets are masked off, they are somewhat fragile, and we did not want to risk destroying them to be removed.
Monday, November 12. 2012Wood Shop Update - November 10, 2012The weather was not with us today with spotty rain and periods of sun. So the work in the wood shop provided us with satisfying work.  Third Rail Beams John Faulhaber set up and constructed a jig for the new third rail beams for Chicago Aurora & Elgin car 36. The objective was to rout out dado recesses in each half beam which will be laminated to the finished thickness. Each of these slots will provide a rectangular hole for mounting a sleet scraper. John is steering the router here.  More Third Rail Beams The wood chips were really flying. Victor Humprheys took a turn at the router. The half inch deep slots required two passes with the router. All eight pieces are now ready to be glued together.  Wagon Top Boxcar Victor Humphreys had removed the badly rusted steel from two more panels on thsi boxcar, and in the shop he was fabricating new steel sheet to be ready to weld them in. |
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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...