IRM Steam Team

Shop Update 4/24/10

Turn out was light in the shop today.  Jerry and Lenny came to the shop.  Lenny did some touch up welding on the tube sheet patch.

Jeff and Jim opened the east door of the boxcar that houses the pump that is used for the steam lead.  After removing the boxes of wood and putting them on pallets, with the help of Buildings & Grounds Department the new water pump was put into the car.  This was done by Bill, Bob, and Ralph.

Tammy continued the endless job of painting the brackets that will hold the 428’s jacket on its boiler.  She also filed the shoes and wedges removing any burs.

Ralph, Jeff, and Jim fit the shoes and wedges onto the frame of the 1630.  The shoes went on without a problem, but Ralph and Jim ground the frame so that the wedges fit snug but could slide over the frame.

Bob, Bill, and Ralph drilled rivet holes into the metal rib for the smoke box of the Shay.  Some additional work still needs to be done on the rib.

Rick contiuned his work of smoothing out the areas that were patched on the 1630’s tender. 

Glen and his grandson continued their work on rebuilding the engine of the crane truck by honing cylinders.