We are moving ahead with the prep work to have this fine tank car repainted. One of the decisions was to remove the dome running boards to allow a better job to be done. They are of a location that would make it difficult to repaint without getting runs, and a color separation for the orange dome is but an inch away. Almost impossible to mask that off well if they are in the way. John Faulhaber and Gerry Dettloff are at work with the torch.
There are a lot of details to be attended to before traces of the old car and paint are to disappear. Dave Rogan is helping by tracing the built date lettering as we work along to document anything and everything that could be of use.
Here is another of those details. We previously described much of the lettering on the car as it exists, and here is a LUBE STENCIL on the right end of the center sill. We think this means Texaco Grease 2301 applied by the Great Northern Railway in 1960 at a location shown abbreviated by letter "P". Are you GN fans watching this post? It would be interesting to identify that station name abbreviation.
More detective work and some careful scraping revealed this lettering on the top chord of the truck sideframes. Great Northern was surely a class outfit to go to this level of detail. It says "G.N. 1390".
Earlier we showed you the truck bolster lettering on the "A" end, here is the similar but different lettering on the "B" end truck.
I do not think I will create a separate entry for shop work so will tack on a few news items here. Jim Foraker (shown) and Henry Vincent worked on finishing touches to the 'slider' table saw restoration and wired up the motor. It runs, but a few details remain.
The old grind refers to the work, not that sterling individual (Al Reinschmidt) who cleaned the back side of a steel pilot destined for Chicago Aurora & Elgin 36.
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 [...]