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Saturday, March 22. 2014RI 2612, Alot of Work with Alittle fun! 3-18-2014Gary and I had an exceptional work day Tuesday. First, I delivered to the woodshop a twelve foot long by 3 inch wide board of Popular wood to be sawn into two more wood sills. Gary, in the meantime, removed the second nickel seat frame.  PHOTO  I guess this frame needs to be repaired This one was even more rusted out than the first!  Gary is vacuuming the mess he just created  After lunch with seat removed and space cleaned  Installing the first of three new panels Now for a little fun and laughter!!
 All work and no play makes Gary...... We began our final sequence by caulking all steel ribs then gently installing each frame. We inserted a few 1/4-20 screws to make sure the holes were properly aleigned then quickly installed the rest. This was repeated three times until all holes were lined up and all screws installed. The count; 96 steel screws. We then used my drill to torque them down. We were done about 5pm and were ready to go home! What a day!!  The results of all are hard work these past 2 1/2 months  Another view at our efforts It is getting warmer! The snow and ice are almost gone. I hope you can visit IRM this year! Come on over to view and visit with the volunteers. It is amazing to see all the winter progress! Roger |
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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 [...]