The Dover Strait has received much attention in January in spite of all the cold, snowy, and rainy weather. Dale and Mark have been working away at removing much of the old three layers of paint in bedrooms A and B. We have committed ourselves to removing as much paint as possible from these last two bedrooms before the Spring weather sets in. Myself along with Mark, Dale, Bob, Austin, Jane and Howard have worked on this project either in barn 3 or in the heated wood shop extension. We have also been working in the museum's heated woodshop where we have been refinishing doors and tables from the Dover. When all doors and tables are free of old paint we will then restain and apply two coats of polyurethane clear gloss coat to each. Would you like to help us? Come out on any Wednesday or Saturday and we will gladly help you get set up in your new restoration experience! A series of three pictures showing the progress in bedroom B
You can help make this final restoration push a reality by sending in a donation to the Dover Strait fund. We are still on our work schedule and now we have narrowed down our carpet choices for the lounge! Please consider a donation. Thanks Roger
Comments
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 [...]