Friday 18th - Maintenance

Report by Graham

Back at a damp and dreary Winchcombe yard for internal checks on the carriages that last week received underside checks. It kept us out of the rain showers thankfully.

Receiving attention were the rake these pics were taken from, plus the two maroon carriages indicated.

The end doors, side doors & windows, lighting, sliding quarter lights, and interior fittings were all checked.

Given that these carriages haven’t been used for almost 12 months they aren’t too bad inside. The spiders sometimes get a bit carried away with web making though!

We found a few odd little jobs we could do as we went but a few items went on the jobs list, eg freeing up a (completely) sticking end connector door, and cleaning and re-lubing nearly all the sliding quarter lights, most of which were objecting to the idea of sliding having got very comfortable in their closed positions. The quarter lights will be an all day job….there’s an entire train load to do! With the tables in the way trying to do these is better than several sessions in the gym though.