Wednesday 14th - New skills developing.

 Rex and Gerry wanted to work outside again

so today they got their wish, also embracing a request from John Hamer to remove suspension parts from a donor bogie. 

Tony and John are waiting for the donor parts

So it seems a new team is born

this bogie is destined for 16221.

Staying with 16221, I left behind the welding mask and 

removed the rather moth eaten battery boxes. Fortunately the surrounding

steel work is fine and just needs painting, the carpenters will be making new bespoke 

battery boxes.

34929 is still a way off completion, and there is no 

real panic however I think its always worth a look

at the fantastic attention to detail Colin is applying 

to the saloon doors and surrounding framework.

Jeff is near completion on the north end toilet compartment.

Ken is using our big band saw cutting sections for a

stock of brackets. These particular ones are for anchoring the panel work around the corridor connections.

Generally at the moment Tuesdays are painters days

but we can't always do the same day, so Dave is doing some 

of the detail which makes our carriages look so special.

I had to do this, anybody know where Russ is?

He had sneaked into 1808 for a crafty cuppa.

Des looks amused.

Jenny and John are preparing a new canvas base for sowing .....

on their newly serviced sowing machine ....

now thats different from carriages.

It happens every operational day, you hear a steam

whistle and just have to go and wave.

Its what we do.

Finally for today, we have to comply with safety in all its forms

and annual equipment checks are part of that process.

Bill from BOC came in on Tuesday and safety inspected all welding equipment,

some gauges had date expired and were replaced. He gives everything a thorough 

going over and then issues safety certificates.

Many thanks Bill.