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Saturday, January 20. 2018More from Steam Alley
Here is a short roundup of activities last week in the Steam Shop.
 Hello Rich Thomas Glad to see you. Rich has been working a lot but now has retired. Welcome back to the steam dept.  Take a good look This is the inside of the shays smoke box.  Chris and Ray working on the steam cylinder chest of the 1630  Phil, Eric and Ben setting up the 1630 main driving rod for machining  Eric operating the machine  The 1630 is in need of a new bearing.  Side rods from the UP 428  The volunteers first heated the rod by the bend  Then using the shops press they reformed it into the correct shape. Thursday, January 18. 2018Active work force in Barn 4 annex
Another cold week here at Irm but that does stop the progress of building and repairing pieces for the historic equipment and facilities. I didn't cover everything in the car shop but got some of the highlights. Take a look!
 Randy Hicks, from the Hicks Blog, is priming the entrance door to the 36  These are the stairs to the C A and E 451. Paint is being applied so that they can be installed.  This also belongs to the 451. Its the front pilot to the 451 Once both the stairs and pilot are installed the 451 might be used in limited operation.  This is a window that I just painted . Its from the Mount Harvard and should be installed this Spring.  Part of the coach department work area.  Tim must be having a real good day He smiled for the camera  Jack worked on the GBW 109 even without heat. We do have many, many dedicated volunteers willing to work on their project even in the cold weather.  On Saturday Charlie and his Dad, Paul, stopped by in the afternoon and worked on a few windows from Jacks project, the 109. Monday, January 8. 2018Cold Weekend , Warm Barn 4 Annex
The first Saturday of 2018 brought out the usual hard working members using the heated barn four annex. Activities ranged from painting windows frames, chemical painting stripping, electrical paint stripping, using the table saw, sandblasting of parts, renewing wood with epoxy,inspecting our new planner, and polishing brass parts. I probably missed a few but surprisingly there were a lot of volunteers working various projects.
 Buzz is working on our new large planner for the wood shop. Earlier this last week Tim repainted the entire unit in the shop. We purchased it used this last fall.  A before and after picture. Here Jack Biesterfeld and myself are exhibiting the first restored window from the GBW 109 wood coach. There are only 45 more to restore. Want to help? Come out any Wednesday and we will glady get you started. There will be a detailed article in an upcoming Rail and Wire. Watch for it!  I have been working on repainting a couple of wooden window frames from the Mount Harvards hallway. Now Im watching the paint dry!  Tim has been working on his favorite project, the 1754. This last week he reproduced enough roof boards to replace the old ones. Assisting Tim today were Bill Wulfert and Keith Letsche.  Randy Hicks creating a temporary wood blank so that he can remove an end door from the C A E 36 and repaint it.  Jon Fenlaciki and Mike Stauber are removing an old coat of paint from the roof boards of the Indiana 65. While removing the paint Jon discovered a huge area of wood decay on the board. Next photo shows the repair being made.  Buzz is now preparing some wood inserts in be installed into a long roof board that John and Mike were paint stripping in the previous photo |
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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 [...]