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Tuesday, January 12. 2016Dover Strait Restoration ResumesHey, the cold weather is again upon us and the coach dept has come up with a great winter project for the 2015-2016 season. We have decided to work on the Dover Strait and try and finish it for the new year. This includes repaints of both Bedroom B and Bedroom A, prepping the cement floor for carpeting and finally the reupholster of the period furniture. An enormous goal, but well obtainable considering our lack of a heated shop. This idea evolved from the positive response we received when operating the Dover, for the first time, last fall. The decision was made to first remove all old paint from Bedroom B and if time and volunteers permit, from Bedroom A. November saw the completion of the RI 2612 ceiling repaint project. We then began the job of removing various parts from the Bedroom B walls. They were labeled, marked for their position, and then placed in plastic bags for future restoration. That began our focus and from then on we have been steadily working on the Dover.  Dale and Rick are busy scraping old paint from the room.  Removing the furniture from the lounge  Here is Rick removing layers of old paint from the upper berth  Our small work crew consists of, top, Austin and Rick and, bottom, Dale and Howard. I took the picture.  Mark Hoffman takes a rest after cleaning and sweeping the floor in bedroom B  All furniture is now removed in the lounge  Here is Bob Olsen stripping off the old paint on one of the tables belonging to the DOVER |
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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, [...]
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.
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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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