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Thursday, January 28. 2021Long Awaited Dover Strait Progress ReportI haven't blogged for some time regarding our restoration of the Dover Strait. In 2017, Mark Hoffmann and I began removing parts from the last two unpainted bedrooms, A and B. We stripped off the old paint, primed both walls and ceilings and then our work ceased. Other projects, instead, became more important to complete. Fast forward to 2019 when our part time employee, Sandi, restarted the restoration by again priming the walls and ceiling in preparation for painting the final coat of paint.  Here Sandi is beginning the process of priming, for the second time, the walls and ceiling in Bedroom B.  Walls and ceiling again primed, this time with grey primer.  Ceiling has just been painted.  Late September 2019, She begins the task of painting the walls.  This is the wall below the upper berth.  September 27, 2019 the ceiling and walls are now painted in Bedroom B.  Here is a shot of Bedroom C which was repainted about 10 years ago. This is what Bedrooms A and B will look like when we are all finished.  October 7, 2019 finds Sandi painting away on bedroom A.  Jessie is standing in the organized workshop in the Dovers lounge.
Due to the colder weather our restoration efforts ceased in late October 2019, and shifted to the interior of the John Mcloughlin. More about the "John" in a later blog. Fast forward to August 2020, and part 2 will begin. Thanks, Roger.
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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...
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
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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 [...]
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 [...]