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Sunday, September 24. 2017The Applying Final Black on the Roof
We have been very busy this early fall. All the volunteers that work in barn 10 have been recruited into the fall the painting crew. As you now know various painting projects have taken priority this year. We are trying to get all these projects completed before winter starts. By now you have seen my blog progress on the IC 3345. That is not the only department car being reworked.
We have also been slowly restoring and repainting the roof of the, John Mcloughlin, our 8-1-2 Pullman sleeper. The painting of black is the culmination of our hard efforts. Please take a look! It might not look like much but some of our volunteers have spent over 8 months working for this moment. In addition, Howard Gierer and crew have repainted five roofs on our Rock Island fleet.
 The roof is primed with the first coat of primer  After applying the second coat of primer Howard now is spraying the first coat of black to the hips of the roof.  Howard is now applying the second coat. This happens to be September 13.  On September 15th Howard was again at the museum painting the other end of the roof on the sleeper.  Howard, the paint master, continues coating the roof.  Another view  Matt Holtz began applying a coat of Sherwin Williams black urethane on th flat part of the roof while Howard was painting on the 3345.  It was a very hot Wednesday but Matt coated the entire roof. |
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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.
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
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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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Wed, 03-31-2021 11:37
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