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Monday, February 16. 2015Car Shop Progress on the Chicago Rapid Transit Cars 1024 and 1797 from Buzz MorisetteTim, Bill, and friends have been working away on 1024 1797 Wood EL cars all winter.  The old tag excavated from 1024’s car body - Photo by Buzz Morisette Hard to see in the photo above, but it is a tag inscribed in pencil “North West Railroad car 1/17/39” The original car No. was N.W. Elevated 24.  3rd rail beams for wood elevated car 1797 that Bill has been working on - Photo by Buzz Morisette  New custom-made quarter sawn oak ply for 24’s ceiling - Photo by Buzz Morisette  Bowling Alley seat frames under restoration for 24 - Photo by Buzz Morisette  Completed seat next to one about to be stripped - Photo by Buzz Morisette  72 new white oak windows manufactured, stained, and glazed by Tim in the shop - Photo by Buzz Morisette  Closer view of a sash with the restored brass hardware - Photo by Buzz Morisette  Bill and Keith working on the light fixtures for N.W. El 24 - Photo by Buzz Morisette  The amazing transformation of said fixtures - Photo by Buzz Morisette  Finally from the Wood El department was Painting and testing of the corner outside marker lamps - Photo by Buzz Morisette The fixtures seen in the image above have been completely manufactured new from photos, as the originals were removed long ago. Tim made a pattern for the body to be cast and Rod has machined and soldered the cap and lens mounts. A huge effort here to restore the car to original.  Tim here with the lamps being tested - Photo by Buzz Morisette Inset in the image above is a catalog photocopy that was scaled to the pipe size in order to get dimensions for the parts made. |
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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 [...]