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Wednesday, January 12. 2022Rock Island 2524 update
A group of nine coach department volunteers have been working on the restoration of our last Rock coach 2524. It has been a gradual process, but it has gathered some momentum in the last seven months.
 Doug starts the project. Here is Doug in late June of last year and one of our 15 member volunteer staff starting the needle chipping project on the south side of the RI coach.  The next day. Before the days work is finished Doug spray primes the area.  Doug, June 22rd. Now Wednesday one of our younger volunteers Austin is showing off his chipping ability.  Austin, June 23rd. Now Wednesday, Austin, one of our younger volunteers is showing off his chipping ability.  Howard spraying. July 1, Howard, our resident spray painter, applies a coat of grey primer where we have prepped.  Doug, John and son John Jr. The team working on the north side.  Doug removing more paint. Doug removing more paint on the letter board.  Eddie chipping. Eddie comes out on Tues and Thursdays Here he is chipping in the vestibule.  Primer applied. October 18, Howard has primed the entire side.  The crew. Lee, Dale, John K, John M and Tom, just part of the crew that has worked so hard on the RI 2524 restoration.  Steve Michelotte one of our volunteer welders working on the car body. Steve is cutting out potions of the car body that are rusted. We plan on welding new patches before we finally repaint the car body.  A repair patch needed here.  Old potions removed and now waiting to weld new patches. We had to move the coach outside in late November to make room for the Mt Harvard's continuing restoration. I would like to provide this coach with inside storage in the new proposed barn number 15. Please send your donations to the Indoor Storage, Passenger Car Department fund. Thanks, Roger. Monday, June 3. 2019Rock Island 2524 Welding ProjectThe restoration of our last Rock Island coach, 2524, has slowly resumed with new panels of steel begin installed in the vestibule.  Two years ago Paul Cronin removed the old rusted steel stair along with the old damaged panels.  Another look after all the damaged steel was removed by Paul.  December of last year we again began working on this project. Here we have cleaned out the area so that we can evaluate the condition and begin to weld new pieces to the frame.  Jarred, our welder, is considering which new pieces to install and where.  Frame pieces welded into position.  This new piece is where the stairs will be attached.  Working on more steel refit.  Jarred and Gregg pose for the photograph.  New steel welded in place and now primed to prevent rust.  Now the focus is on the other side where stairs will be attached.  Finished product. Many thanks to Jarred and Gregg for their time and expertise! |
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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...
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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, [...]
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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.
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Wed, 06-02-2021 17:27
Nice to see 428's cab back on. Looking forward to when it is operable!
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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 [...]
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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?
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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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