Monday 20th - One and a Half

 There were 10 for Carriage Cleaning today - but only rake 1 in the platforms, as you will see. So while 7 attended to that 3 of us went to the far end of the sidings to finish the DMU and give it a mop throughout.

We finished that just in time to get back to the station to have the all-important Tea Break, and now you can see why there was only 1 set there to clean.

There was a p'way train in action today. Collecting rails (new?) from Toddington, running up to Broadway and dropping them off at odd points on the way back. The telehandler was due to meet them at the drop off points. The guard for the day you may recognise.

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Seeing as it was mentioned, a few more pics :-) -Ed.

We collected a flat wagon loaded with second hand rail from Winchcombe and did 2 drops, one at Toddington:

Then it was off up to Broadway:

And re-marshalling the train in the station:

The objective was for the brake van and the loco to swap ends, which results in you arriving in one platform and departing the other, so departing platform 2 at Broadway, a rare treat! Michael, one of my fellow guards for the day, watches on. It was a popular job despite the inevitable hanging around, we always like something unusual.

We stopped just outside the station for the next drop, then ran back to Winchcombe, a very nice brake van ride!