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Wednesday, March 9. 2022Milwaukee Road 33C updateProgress on the restoration of Milwaukee Road 33C continues at a slow pace. The next areas of engine room paint prep around the generators, aux gen, and blowers is extremely tedious to clean and prep. The same goes for the areas around the equipment rack, which includes the governor end of the engine, oil and fuel filter housings and strainers, lots of piping and other pieces. Here we see the main and aux generators primed and painted for the No 1 engine.
While there was some paint mixed, there were four covers remaining to be painted that go between the radiators and the engine room. Those were primed and painted at the same time, along with one electrical cabinet cover.
We'll add additional small updates to this blog as we progress through the engine room. As always, we're looking for donations to the Diesel Locomotive Restoration Fund to help continue the type of work you see here. Thank you for your support! Tuesday, February 22. 2022Mt Harvard Restoration UpdateThis last year, 2021, was very productive with our volunteers working on various projects in and around barn 10. The Mt Harvard is a case in point. What follows is just a sampling of what has been accomplished since my last update on this sleeper.
One of the major tasks on the MT HARVARD that started in 2020 and carried over to 2021 was the restoration of all interior and exterior window frames. Counting all 40 frames to be removed inspected and repainted was by far a monumental task.
This last Spring I talked to Buzz in the wood shop and hired him to make four missing exterior window frames. Three for the Men's restroom and one for the interior hallway. He really did a fine job. Thanks Buzz. The ability to hire in-house staff to complete some tasks such as creating window frames sure expedites the work progress. Your donations to the MT HARVARD project make this possible! Thank you.
If you wish to continue to see this kind of progress, please consider making a donation to the MT HARVARD FUND! Thank You! Roger. Friday, January 21. 2022Milwaukee Road 649 Roof ProjectThis has been the fall 2021 project, painting and protecting the roof on the Milwaukee 649. There is a lot of labor that comprises a project like this and it is almost completely painted. The eight or nine volunteers, including three from the diesel department, made it happen. My Thanks to all of you for your hard work!  The Pawnee and Milw 649 switch out of the barn. We switched the car out of barn 10 and then positioned it in the exterior scaffold to begin the work.  Tom started the roof work by needle chipping this portion.  October shows areas primed.  It is a long 85 foot car.  Gray paint applied.  Steve and Doug.  Eddie working on the end area.  More area top coated.  Ed is working on the next area.  October 20 finds Paul working on the eastern end.  Ed working on the western end.  Dale wheeling and Tom operating the chipper. The needle chipper makes the job go quicker especially in this colder weather.  Mr. Tom and his chipper He does a nice job.  Lee from the diesel department and Dave assisted us for the day.  Its either primed and or top coated on one course.  Another view.  Now its painted. Tim Allison comes out on Tuesdays so he has picked up the pace.  Tim is working on the Air conditioning hatch. There are two removable roof hatches, one on each end. It takes a lot of time, about two weeks each, just to remove the old paint and prep them for primer.  Here is one hatch primed. We apply two coats of primer.  More old paint comes off.  The final top coat.  Western end gets more attention.  Thanks to the switch crew we moved the coach inside to continue the process.  Eddie working away before it gets real cold. The coach department would like to store this car inside the new barn 15 being proposed. Please consider a donation to the Coach Department Indoor Storage fund. 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]