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Sunday, November 27. 2011
Fuel filter housing installed in GBW ... Posted by James Kolanowski
in Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 841 at
22:44
Comments (0) Fuel filter housing installed in GBW 2407On the evening of November 18th, Jeron G, Riley L and myself installed a used primary fuel filter housing in GB&W 2407. We decided to standardize on a common element on several locomotives to reduce costs for stocking several styles of fuel filter elements and eliminating the really expensive ones. We removed the two housings and the fuel lines going to them, cut and welded some brackets to hold the new housing in a good angle to be able to change elements without hitting other parts in the engine room. All that remains is replacing the fuel lines to the filter housing. Afterwards, Jeron and Riley moved on to an oil leak on the oil strainer housing, making and replacing a couple of gaskets. Be sure to visit this album for photos of other recent shop work. Also, donations to the RSD15 are still needed to replace cab glass and repair the turbocharger. Friday, July 15. 2011
Diesel Days, July 16th and 17th, 2011 Posted by James Kolanowski
in Diesel Department at
07:00
Comments (5) Diesel Days, July 16th and 17th, 2011
The annual Diesel Days Parade of Power won't be quite as large as previous years, but will still be a show that you should not miss. We'll kick off the day at 10:00am with normal operations, the heavyweight coach train pulled by BN1, 2, 3; the Nebraska Zephyr pulled by CBQ 9911A; and a four car caboose train pulled by BN 5383. Later in the day we'll have a few freight train run-bys with different power each time.
The Parade of Power will begin close to 1:00pm and will include the equipment listed below, but not necessarily in this order. A few special items in the parade will include the BN 5383 under load from CNW 6847 heading East, and the CNW 6847 under load from BN 5383 heading West. The same drill for the CBQ 504 under load from SP 1518 heading East, and SP 1518 under load from CBQ 504 heading West. They will not stop in front of the depot as the other trains normally do. - Burlington Northern 1 (EMD F9A), 2 (EMD F9B), 3 (EMD E9A) - Burlington Northern 5383 (GE U30C) - Chicago & North Western 6847 (EMD SD40-2) - Milwaukee Road 760 (FM H10-44) - Southern Pacific 1518 (EMD SD7) - Chicago Burlington & Quincy 504 (EMD SD24) - Chicago & North Western 411 (EMD F7A) Bilevels - Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9911A (EMC E5A) Nebraska Zephyr - Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9255 (EMD SW7) - Commonwealth Edison 15 (EMD SW1) - Nekoosa Paper 14 (ALCO S1) - United States Army 8537 (GE 45Ton) - Wisconsin Central 7525 (EMD SD45MQ-3), Santa Fe 92 (EMD FP45) - Green Bay & Western 2407 (ALCO RSD15) - Illinois Terminal 1605 (EMD GP7) - Chicago & North Western 4160 (EMD GP7R) The line up will be similar on Sunday, except the ATSF 92 will lead the WC 7525 and this consist may pull the coach train in place of BN1, 2 and 3. We'll keep the usual disclaimer of All equipment and schedules subject to change without notice. A night photo session is not scheduled this year. Monday, June 27. 2011
Polishing up on the polishing... Posted by James Kolanowski
in Diesel Department at
23:52
Comments (7) Polishing up on the polishing...
Nebraska Zephyr car "Juno" before cleaning and polishing, although the dirt and grime doesn't show up that well in this photo. The flat panels are a bit different. There is no way we'll have time to get the finish we would like with the machines, so we start with stainless wool, clean the surface with side to side movements only, and then finish off with P21S polishing soap. Again, all of it is by hand. The curves from the letter board up the roof were a little more difficult at first as the corrugation is pretty narrow. On top of that, there is a lot more dirt caked in them from there being a lot more horizontal surface area. The quickest way through the dirt was folded up scotch bright pads and more stainless wool. The same method is being used on the area curving down to the belly pans. So far the Venus, Vesta, and most of Minerva are completed, Juno has been started. Sometime in the next day or two the train will be wyed since it doesn't fit in the shop, let alone the building, and the last two cars will hopefully be completed by the middle to end of next week. Riley, Chris, Pete, Colton, Charlie, Eric, Kevin, the other Kevin, and Jeron have all been pretty busy moving this along quickly. Thank you all for the hard work. We'll post another update in a week or so, along with progress updates of other projects in the shop.
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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...
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 [...]