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Tuesday, April 29. 20142612 One goal met: 4-19-2014
Yes, all seat frames are reinstalled on the one side!
Gary and I have been working, hard, these last three months to finally reach this goal. That milestone was reached on April 19th. Next, our attention switches to the other side of the coach where almost the exact same repairs will be made.  Missing some seat parts. They are in the process of being sandblasted and then repainted Now we are beginning to remove three rusty panels on the other side.  This area, directly across from where the old bar once stood, is now our focus.  Brian LaKemper, helping install one of the last seat frames  Brain Paterson blasting away! Gary Sherman suggested we buy a new tool. Soooo, we purchased a mini needlechipper. It's a lot lighter and can remove old piant in tight areas. Very useful!  Here I am, using our new mini needlechipper Your museum needs your help!!! How would you like to help place RI 2602 back in service? We need volunteers to begin the job of repairing the interior from the winters destruction. It's not to hard but it does take time. If you can't make it out to volunteer Please consider a donation to the Rock Island 2602 fund. Thanks Roger Tuesday, April 29. 2014April 27th - Passenger Car Department UpdateBuzz Morisette spent a couple of days earlier in the week painting the underside of the clerestory windows in the Ely dining room.  Buzz has painted the underside of the clerestory windows in the Ely dining room  The green painters tape is protecting the mahogany  Another shot of the latest painting done in the Ely dining room Also earlier in the week, Jack Biesterfeld put up new menus in the Boston and Maine 1094 dining car and put out new "food" on display from the new menus.  One of the new menus Jack Biesterfeld created for the B&  The second menu created by Jack for B&  Shelly captured this shot of the new food display through the window of the 1094 On Sunday morning it was windy and by afternoon it was a biting wind! Very windy day. The weekend work started when Michael Baksic and Shelly Vanderschagen put up three light fixtures in a baggage car. Then the guys, Michael B., Michael McCraren, and Ray Mormann, continued brake tests on passenger cars.  Mike B laying down on the job! He actually read the manual for doing the air brake test on CNW 7700  The new air brake test date for CNW 7700  Ray Mormann cutting off a broken bracket that was holding the steam heat line on Lackawanna 651. It was repaired. Jim Windmeier and Kevin Kriebs removed the seats from a Lackawana coach which need to be reupholstered. Then Jim started cleaning the cars in Barn 3 and Kevin and Shelly went into the Rock Island cars to clean and put the ads back up. Lunch was in the Birmingham as usual. Bob Hunter and Kevin Brown joined Jim, Michael B., Michael M., Ray, and Shelly for a brief visit and repast. After lunch, Bob Hunter took Kevin and Shelly into the Dover Strait where they took measurements for new linoleum so Shelly can order it. Michael B. and Ray replaced the ceiling panel in the RDC which had previously been removed for repair. Then they installed parts in the Loch Sloy which had been in storage elsewhere. Mark Hoffman was working in the John McLoughlin and also scraping paint in the CRIP 2602. Mark Gellman is still caring for his mother. Best wishes - get well soon! Jon Habegger is on vacation - hope you're having a good time! We miss you guys! |
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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 [...]