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Friday, July 29. 2016More on DLW 556
Here is another progress report of the 556. Included are a few scenes from other important restoration projects. We have accomplished so much in the first to weeks of July that I will be giving you a detailed report on the RI 2602 next week.
 Heres Howard taking a little break before he starts priming the roof on the 556.  We rigged a temporary awning so that Sandy could prime one truck on the 556  Here is a wider view of our restoration site in back of barn 3.  Howard is standing next to the recently primed 556 truck  Here Jeff has shifted his attention to the needle chipping of the last truck on the 556.  Remember the truck that Sandy had finished painting? Well, here it is all painted gloss black  Yes, this is a museum team effort. Victor is priming the battery box that was needle chipped the first week of July.  This is the interior of the CNW 7700 combine. After all these years its floor has been finally been painted  Here is Jane and Sandy in the process of painting the floor.  Although Rod is not in the picture he is operating the fork lift and lowering one of the huge motors in to the truck.  Another view. This is just for a test fit. Some modifications were made to accommodate the motors  The weather has been somewhat cool for the first two weeks in July so BIll and Victor have resumed painting the wagon top box car  Another view of the freight car crew painting the B and O wagon top box.  Lastly, Rich and Henry are manufacturing special contour wood beading. The wood pieces will used for the future installation of mirrors in the Dover Strait, John McGloughlin, and Mt. Harvard. Saturday, July 9. 2016Another Lackawanna report
This past week a large group of volunteers continued working on the Erie Lackawanna coach, 556. We are now focusing our attention on the exterior with work being preformed on the trucks and the roof.
 Mark Rickert is priming one truck on the 556  Mark travels all the way from Kentucky to volunteer. Thanks Mark for your help  Jeff is finishing the needle chipping on the second truck WOW sure will looked much better when its completely painted in gloss black  July 6 and 7 were the two days devoted to this painting job. Here Sandy is priming the truck that Jeff has just finished needle chipping.  Jeff is touching up some spots on the first truck. He missed some spots earlier. This is the same truck that Mark primed in the morning.  A Photo of last weeks crew. L to R, Scott, Jeff, Jane and Sandy These four people really deserve a lot of credit. Thanks to all. Saturday, July 9. 2016Work continues on upgrading the coach fleet
Here's a new and positive development being announced! We now have added a second work session for our volunteers on weekdays! Thursdays have now been added to our summer work schedule to further our production on our coach fleet. So if you can't make Wednesday volunteering in the coach dept please consider the new day of Thursday. The most important part is that we are still having fun and will be accomplishing twice as much. Boy, the improved interiors sure make a difference. That is what we in the coach dept are aiming for to enhance our visitor experience at Irm. Here are some pictures of our latest efforts this last week of June 2016.
 Austin began needle chipping the old paint from one Lackawanna truck.  Howard is continuing the job of buffing the paint on the 556s exterior. You wont recognize the coach when he is done!  Jeff is attacking the battery box. We are going to repaint it to the correct Pullman green shade when he is done.  Dale is priming one wall in Bedroom B.  Dan wire wheeled both decks on our newest RI coach 2612. Mary prime both on Thursday  Jeff is busy grindin off old paint on the ceiling of RI 2602. This is the last ceiling to be repainted. What a difference this will make!  Dale is grinding the old rust and paint off the deck on the 2612. Please checkout his work. The 2612 is now on the weekend train  WOW We dont let any grass grow underneath our feet!! The next day, Scott and Sandy were priming part of the ceiling. |
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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, [...]
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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!
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 [...]
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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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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 [...]
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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 [...]