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Tuesday, March 26. 2013Progress in Second Exhibit Car in Yard 5In December of 2012 work started on the 2nd Exhibit car in Yard 5. Thanks goes to Max Tyms for getting electricity functional in the car, then Jerry got the heat going properly so that work could continue through the winter. Ray Mormann and Mike Baksic got lights going; they took out the old track lighting and put in some new track lighting and can lighting. Winter work done by Jon Habegger, Shelly Vanderschaegen, Mike, Wayne, Ray, and Mark includes patching then sanding and feathering the walls. Wayne Baksic and Mark Gellman installed the corner molding and other trim. Mike and Ray modified the TV cabinet area to accommodate newer equipment. While still sanding, outlets were modified for visitor safety. Most of the sanding is now done so the car has been cleared of debris. Between the two cars there is a gap, Wayne made a platform for visitor safety.  December 2012 view of front of 2nd Exhibit car  Rear of 2nd Exhibit car in December 2012  Start of the day on March 23, 2013  End of the day on March 23, 2013  Rear of the car at the end of the day on March 23rd Monday, March 25. 2013Wood Shop Update - March 23, 2013 Air Brakes As the saying goes - "In spring a young man's fancy turns to - - - AIR BRAKES". While it hovered barely above freezing, the sun was out. Kirk Warner and Victor Humphreys moved to the frozen tundra for more work on our wagon top boxcar, B&O 374065. Perhaps in proactive mode, the existing service portion and emergency portion of the air brake control valve were removed and brought into the shop. Here they are with the heavy brake parts in a box - I was too slow on the trigger to catch an image of them outdoors under the car. Both portions were replaced under the car with spares we had on hand. They also began checking the other air piping and replaced a missing union on the line to the retainer valve.  Interior Trim Not a good pic but the work is EXCITING. Eric Lorenz is inside Cleveland Transit System 4223 and most of the new window post caps are located and in place. Eric is holding up one of the next features to be installed, a horizontal piece that goes above the standee windows and ties to each of the post caps. Maybe you had to be there but each advance they make presents a big impact and visible progress.  Finished Door This door for Chicago Great Western X 38 is nearly finished as demonstrated by Kirk Warner applying the maroon paint.  Second Door The second door for the X 38 is following closely on the heels of the first. Victor and Kirk are doing touch up filling and sanding and later primed it for the second coat.  Door Panels Paul Cronin and Bill Peterson are drilling dowel holes using a special jig setup on one of the small drill presses. About 88 holes later (no, really!) one of the panels was assembled, glued and clamped.  Panels See, they really are ready to glue. Paul, Bill, and Buzz Morisette are checking to make sure everything is in order and lines up before the glue is slathered on.  Step Boxes Father and son team, Tom and Jim Windmeier were making many small parts to repair and recondition the custom railroad step box replicas they made last season. They were well used last year throughout the summer, and now are being tuned up for operations this year.  Round Tops Rich WItt continues to work on the two new round top windows for Boston & Maine 1094. Here he is fitting the fussy mortise and tenon joints on each end of the bottom rails. One done, one to go.
Monday, March 25. 2013Ely Obs Ceiling Work Progress
Buzz Morrisette has made great progress in the Nevada Northern 10 ceiling project. On Saturday, March 23, 2013, he found a low spot in the ceiling which required work. Jon Habegger took a break from his work in the second art display car to take a couple of pictures of Buzz's progress.
Later on Shelly Vanderschaegen came through and dusted down the walls to remove debris accumulated during the ceiling repair work. After lunch, two hours were required to replace the tarp on the Silver Pony. Elsewhere, Mike Baksic and Ray Mormann took a water tank pipe out of the roof of Jack Biesterfeld's Boston and Maine project car, #1094 wooden cafe-coach. The rest of the wood and trash was removed from the second art display car, and last Friday Ray worked on the TV display area in the second art display car.  Forward end of the Ely ceiling on Saturday, March 23, 2013  Observation end of the Ely ceiling showing progress |
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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 [...]