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Thursday, July 11. 2013Wood Shop Update - July 10, 2013 New Arrival I guess we should start with a TEASE. On Tuesday we had a new arrival all wrapped up for under the Christmas Tree. Any guesses on its identity? Hints include that it was built east of the Mississippi River 99 years ago. When I left Wednesday, another car was loaded and on the road. More to come this week? YES!!  Department Work A freight train on a Wednesday! Thanks to crew work by JIM WEST and PAUL CRONIN, the cars shown here were dug out of storage and on the move to Track 41 for maintenance and inspections.  And the Work Now on Track 41 where a crew of Paul Cronin, Dave Rogan, Simon Harrison and Victor Humphreys went over them with a fine tooth comb. These cars were approved for operations and you will likely see them on two different assignments before the end of the month.  Up in the Air For a change we had a sunny day on a Wednesday and Dave Rogan was in the bucket truck needlechipping while Jim Leonard did the same on the roof of Chicago Great Western X 38. Progress with several areas cleaned and primed by the end of the day.  On the Other End Dick Cubbage worked on the other end up on the roof to wire brush and clean up an area previously chipped free of paint.  Trolley Bases Randy Hicks was in the shop fairly late in the day priming two trolley bases. If I know Randy, these will soon be painted and on the roof of one of the wood cars in our CA&E collection.  Getting Bent John Faulhaber and Gerry Dettloff bent two pieces of milled tack molding and the process took several weeks of soaking and then drying in forms. With the pieces free of the restraints, they were fitting and trimming them to be soon mounted on the ends of Lake Shore Electric 810.  Caboose Work Several weeks ago you saw reports of a wheel change on ICG 199458 steel caboose. It has been relocated to Yard 5 and now our Wednesday Special Projects crew is on the move to clean up the interior, scrape, prime, and repaint it. |
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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 [...]