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Thursday, March 13. 2014March 8-9, 2014 - Slightly Warmer WeatherSaturday night, March 8th, Shelly Vanderschaegen captured a night shot of the RDC in fog. Car lights are shining on the RDC and the lights were turned on inside the car for the shot.  RDC night shot from 3/8/14 by Shelly Sunday, March 9th, Michael Baksic began by installing a handle on a stainless steel cabinet door located in the vestibule between the 1st and 2nd Exhibit cars. The door did not have a handle previously and it wasn't known at first that the door was stainless steel. Drilling and setting screws was problematic.  Handle installed on stainless steel cabinet door by Michael Baksic  Sam Polonetzky and Mark Gellman at lunch  Buzz Morisette and Jon Habegger having lunch in the Birmingham  Ray Mormann installing a threshold in the Birmingham Buzz Morisette was back at work in the Ely for the day to check on the light fixture placement. He drilled pilot holes through the roof and then went up top to check his position. One end was lined up perfectly but the other end was off by seven inches.  Buzz drilling a pilot hole through the Ely roof  Buzz on the Ely roof checking his pilot holes  The pilot nail was seven inches off from where the wiring conduit is located on one end of the Ely dining room Speaking of holes, Shelly captured a top side image of a gaping hole in the roof of the Ely near the kitchen area. It goes all the way through.  Hole in Ely roof near the kitchen The barrier built by Jon and Mark was stained by Shelly and was ready for reassembly on Sunday. In the image below, a reflection of Jon is seen in the plexiglass while Sam looks on as Mark taps the frame together. It was a tighter fit after the staining so the grooves to hold the plexiglass were enlarged a bit to accommodate the panes more easily.  After staining the barrier was put back together  Jon Habegger and Mark Gellman work to get the plexiglass into the stained frame While assembly of the barrier was going on, Kevin Kriebs scuffed the white conduit with Scotch-Brite to prepare it for painting next weekend.  Kevin Kriebs scuffing conduit with Scotch-Brite™  Mark captured this image of the Arrival/Departure board  Jon Habegger took this photo of the finished barrier Michael McCraren was working on Saturday and Sunday in the Pacific Peak continuing the long process of taking down the layers of paint that have been applied to the interior of the car over the years. Mark Hoffman was in attendance on Sunday working on the Pullman Car John McGloughlin. Thanks to everyone for their time and efforts! Thursday, March 13. 2014RI 2612 gets drilled and tappedGary and I were out on a Thursday,3-6, instead of the usual Wednesday. It snowed Wednesday. Gee... what else is new! Gary and I spent most of the day drilling and tapping new holes for which the seat frames will again be fastened. V  Gary and I working away  The results of the drill and tape patrol, securing the panels to the wall  Garys hand was getting tired towards the end of the day  The results from Saturday All the seat frames are taped and secure into place Here is something new. We began removing more rusty steel walls on Saturday, March 8 . This time in back of the 3 nickel seats [long bench seats closest to the doors]. We have decided to cut and remove three nickel seat frames, get them repaired and then reinstall them after the walls has been repaired.  The nickel seat frame has been removed to have access to the rusted wall Gary is admiring his work That's where we stand today.  Now we have to remove the old wall. Here we go again  Two seat frames temporarily in position If you would like to help with this steel purchase send your donations to the Rock Island 2612 Project! And remember too that Irm might be building two storage barns!!. Donations to the Barn 13 and 14 storage barns are being accepted. Thanks Roger Kramer |
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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 [...]
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What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
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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, [...]
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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.
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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!
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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 [...]
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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?
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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
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