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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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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
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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 [...]
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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 [...]