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Sunday, May 5. 2013Steam Department Update 05-04-2013A fairly short update this week. It was a long and hard day's work. But, while we made reasonable progress, not much of it was visible. On 1630: · Most of us focused on the issue, identified last weekend, of the flues that moved forward as the ends were rolled into the front tube sheet. All but one were moved sufficiently to provide the required projection at the rear to allow beading. The one that could not be moved was removed and will be reworked. Having reduced the issue to one flue, we should be able to keep the delay to a couple of weeks. · The remaining flues were rolled additionally in the rear sheet to reduce any likelihood of movement when these are rolled at the front end. · Sean made great progress on priming the cladding sheets. After his efforts, a satisfying number were standing in the shop to finally harden before being put back into storage ready for refitting.
· Tom was working on the lathe to produce the guides that will be used to drill and tap the holes for the two stays that are to be fitted into the firebox patch. These screw into the caps of the flexible stays, that are already part of the outer firebox wrapper. They guide the drill to make an accurate hole in the inner firebox sheet, into which the stay is then threaded. · Having checked to confirm that everything is working correctly in the water supply boxcar, Ed was working on refurbishing the pipe work for the boiler backhead fittings. · The specially made seals for the bucker have arrived at last, so, once they have been softened by soaking in oil, work can begin during the week to get this reassembled and ready for the riveting to begin. In other areas: · Dennis completed the boom for the fork lift. Here it is upside down to allow the main beam to be welded to the frame that fits over the forks. This will hopefully be used before long to lift parts such as the dome cover back on to the locomotive.
· Bob and Mike continued work on the planer. · Glenn continued building the guards for the drive belts on the new air compressor. · Jerry did a great job on clearing the front of the shop. For those visiting us, we can no longer be identified as the shop behind the stack of debris, drums and disused "A" frame !!. Next week I will be in New York on vacation, so I am looking forward to finding a lot of progress when I get back in two weeks time !. Nigel Sunday, May 5. 2013Wood Shop Update - May 4, 2013 More Bill Based upon feedback from our readers, here is (on request) MORE BILL. That would be Bill Wulfert continuing on restoring and cleaning the many light socket assemblies we need now. Funny thing is, he looks like he is enjoying it.  Big News of the Week The big news of the week involved delivery of new castings for resistance grid boxes on Chicago & West Towns 141. There is a lot of grinding and cleanup needed on the foundry castings, but they have all been examined and tested.  Wood Lining Bill Peterson is cutting many more boards to length as destined for interior lining on our Chicago Great Western X 38 snow plow. Then he sanded them all and Vicotr Humphreys started the step of applying white primer.  Framing Buzz Morisette is installing two new timbers at the top of the interior rear wall on the X 38. It seems nothing is ever simple and he had to overcome some drama due to their inconvenient location.  Lettering It was gloomy and rainy in the morning but after that ended and the sun came out, I continued on painting more of the CGW herald on the X 38. Only two good hours, but slowly, it is taking form.  Ceiling Lighting Panels Ray Pollice is taking the old bulls-eye lights out from the ceiling panels for Cleveland Transit System 4223. The old rusty screws present quite a problem. As soon as one of the old panels was down its bare substance it was used as a pattern and Brian Patterson and I laid out and cut a new replacement.  Window Tracks Inside the 4223 Lorne Tweed was mounting aluminum tracks on the window posts, - if you have been following this story you know what we are referring to and where it will lead.  In at Last It is not the last window to go in, but Lorne said at last we are putting windows in!  New Roof Tim Peters is up on a lift working on the roof at the east end of Chicago Rapid Transit 1024. The center section wood and supports below it have been 100% replaced and are taking shape nicely.
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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 [...]