Thursday Brief

Even after Showcase Weekend, there are still special events going on at IRM.  This Saturday will be Bus Day, and there will be plenty of activities for everybody.  The 309 and 319 will be in operation again, so stop by and say hello!

Another thing coming up is ARNfest.  This isn't really a public event: members of the society show up from around the country to display, repair, operate, buy, sell, and discuss old woodworking machines.  As a continuing memorial to Bob Kutella, I guess, we still allow them to take over most of the car shop facilities for the week.  And as a result, most of the weekday Car Dept. guys seem to be on vacation.

Out in the barn, though, some projects continue.  Tim was working on new wooden parts for the drop sash in the 1268.  

Gregg is making progress on the interior of the Green Bay car, which really looks nice.  Much of this work was done by Jack, but the windows are being completely rebuilt.  And they're complicated.

And Steve Iversen is here from Oklahoma for a few days to work on PCC trucks for the Kansas City car.  These trucks need to be kit-bashed, so to speak, to be correct.  We have a couple of trucks from Shaker with the correct wheels, flanges, and gauge, but the wrong brake activators.  So here Steve is trying to remove them from a Philly truck, which has the wrong wheels and gauge, and is terribly rusted.  Very frustrating.

I worked on moving and sorting parts and cleaning in preparation for a project that we can't even hint at yet, so no pictures, but watch this space.  When the news breaks out, we'll break in!