Cleveland Transit System 4223 - - - Lorne Tweed and Eric Lorenz are fitting together pieces inside the left rear of the car. We are relying almost totally on the memory of Eric who started working on this project more years ago than he would like to admit.
Eric is admiring the interior work on the right side to the rear of the car. Amazingly, this part has most of the pieces where they should go.
Of course the object of doing as much interior work as possible has a side benefit. With all pieces and their sequence accounted for it is possible to install the passenger windows. It has been a LOONG time since we could look down the side of the car and see a view like this. During the day I fussed a bit with the old narrow ceiling panels containing the bulls eye lights. Try as a might, I made little progress with the rusty light fixture screws, following in the footsteps of at least three other volunteers. Then I got a tip from Dave Diaz who was passing through the shop and his idea worked like a charm - relatively speaking. I managed to remove two of the fixtures in about 30 minutes.
Jeff Brady and Bill Peterson are reworking a steam bending jig for work on the Michigan Electric 28. The good news is that Jeff has just about perfected steam bending and this allows creating custom stock for special situations. Not something that was in our arsenal of tools and techniques. You steam a board, bend the board, and after it takes a set, check the curve and fit. Here, they have made a few adjustments to the form.
When the wood has been steamed long enough you need several sets of hands to handle the 200 F stock, clamp one end, and quickly bend it around the form and clamp it down. You have about 60 seconds to do this or face the probability it will be too cold and stiff and you might as well start the next piece.
Comments
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 [...]