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Sunday, October 27. 2013Wood Shop Update - mid October, 2013Here we go - still old news but I am gaining on the backlog. These all to reflect work from mid October.  Pulling for It Gerry Dettloff is working on pulling the canvas tight on the west end of Lake Shore Electric 810. And we are all pulling for him.  Chipping Away Jim Heinlein is on site often, working on our restoration projects. For the time being he seems to have found a home working with Tim Peters on Chicago Rapid Transit 1024, in this case chipping decades of grunge and rust from the east truck.  On the Beam Meanwhile, in the shop, Rich Witt has created a jig to facilitate cutting a 45 degree notch in new third rail beams for Chicago Aurora & Elgin 36.  A Big Wheel We all knew Henry Vincent was a big wheel, so he was the logical choice to reassemble reconditioned band saw wheels in the shop.  Windows Long time readers here know that about a year ago not a single week went by without posting news of window work in the shop. With the onset of winter coming, I expect that will be the case again, soon enough. Jim Foraker is working on a window from Illinois Terminal 1565, our class B locomotive.  Priming Paul Cronin is priming new lumber soon to be cut and fit for a new ceiling inside our Chicago Great Western X 38 snowplow.  Canvasing Not canvasing for votes, but Tim Peters has stretched the first new canvas for the 1024. He is working here on the hip on the north side of the car. This marks three concurrent roof canvas jobs at once in our Electric Car Department. Sunday, October 27. 20132612 The restoration continues
I have fallen behind on the updates of RI 2612 but I too hope to fill in the reader with more progress. Every Week the look of the interior is changing. The project has been attracting new volunteers to continue our efforts. Every Wednesday and Saturday there have been at least 5 or 6 people working on it and a couple of times even 8 or 9. Here are the newly added results.
 Kyle working on body repairs  Results of some of his repairs  Repairing the deck and stairs  Results of some needle chipping  This area is already to be primed  Primed and ready for the top coat  Loraine Bixler using the air to needle chip  Dave Cook chipping away  Dan painting more parts from seat frames  Gary also painting seat frames  Dan and Gary removing parts from the brass window frame Sunday, October 27. 2013The Montrose Bridge - October 23, 2013There used to be a bridge to carry the CNS&M tracks from the elevated structure about Wilson Ave on the North South line, then south over Montrose Ave. and down a ramp to the ground level North Shore facility about Buena. Some years ago the Museum was fortunate to acquire the three spans and two of the support steel 'piers'. The two steel supports were re-purposed to support the new Central Pavillion area and are restored to hold the roof and on display. For many years the three steel spans have resided just south of our car line tracks and east of the Springfield Ave platform. On October 23 cranes were on site and the three spans were moved. First, the short span was taken south to be adjacent and north of Yard 13.  The Lift Next the cranes lifted the easternmost of the long spans.  Walking With a crane on each end, the span was 'walked' east toward South Junction.  New Location The span continued to moved, first turning south, and then traveling along the leads to Yard 13. Ultimately it was paced just to the north of the area where the leads go due west. And then the second long span was stacked atop the first one. |
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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 [...]