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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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Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
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...