Illinois Railway Museum Blog

Here is the latest news regarding the Pennsy bobber cabin restoration.   Victor, Dave and Bill have been focusing all their efforts on finishing this project. All three are out every Wednesday and most Saturdays working on it.   This second side is finished including fresh paint.  This is a follow up to the Buzz Morisette blog a couple of weeks ago.     Thanks  Roger

Here is the current update on the Milwaukee 649.  Steve has removed many of the window frames on the south side.   In doing so he has also cleaned the car body frame, primed and  top coated each opening.  He also manufactured eleven new white oak lower wood frames in the museums wood shop.  They were made because many of the old pieces were badly rotted and discolored.  He then took them home sanded and applied clear spar urethane to them.    The next two weeks were devoted to gluing them in the interior  of each affected window.   That phase of work is now completed and we are waiting for new glass for the window frames.  New glass will be purchased in the next budgeting period of 2019.   Then the process of reinserting new gasket  material into each frame can begin.         Thanks  Roger