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Monday, February 24. 2020ARMCO B-71 restoration to beginThe museum acquired this 1930 built Baldwin-Westinghouse Visibility Cab diesel-electric locomotive in 2012. It was moved to IRM in August 2016. On December 14th, 2019, it was moved into the Diesel Shop to begin its restoration.
The first stage is to simply clean out the locomotive. There were several brake valves stored in the engine compartment, along with all the tie down hardware (used to hold the locomotive down to the flat car it arrived on), its foot boards, and other items. The engine room, cab and the floor under the cab were all vacuumed and debris removed.
This cosmetic restoration won't be a quick one, it was moved in the shop to fill a space that would fit its length well. It will make a good fill in project when there are extra hands around and when other projects get put on hold for various reasons like awaiting parts or funding. You can help support these restorations by contributing to the Diesel Department Restoration Fund. Monday, February 24. 2020A Synapasis of Building Construction, Multi Purpose Building UpdateHere are some pictures of the building construction which will house the model railroad display, Milwaukee Road Historical Association displays and the new home for the Pullman Library Archives. The museum should be very proud of this monumental construction project. Dave Diamond has done a marvelous job as general contractor scheduling the various companies to complete this building!  outside brick laying begins  Contractors can install brick but it must be heated in the area.  These contractors are installing the huge heating and a/c plants.  This is what it looks like from the inside as they are laying the brick and cement block.  Window framing is almost done.  Another view from the inside. Please notice the large plastic curtain. That is how the heat is kept in the work area.  Inside the front half of the building. The wall is the divider between front and back half of building.  Close-up view of the exterior.  Another angle  Brick work is almost done the plastic has been removed to show the front of the building.  Another exterior view.  A close up view of the brick work. All the masonry work was being preformed a week either side of the Christmas holiday. Talking to Dave he hopes to have the building interior finished by either late Spring or early Summer of this year. Thanks, Roger Kramer |
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Comments
Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
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...