Monday 11th - Pass Down The Platform, Please!

 As regular readers will know, our trains are 7 carriages long but the platform is only 6 long. Usually the north end is of the platform but by special request we can get the south end off and the north end on. That was what happened today - and it is 8 weeks since this last happened. Needless to say Coaches A were a bit grubby, especially the windows. Add to that the temperature was 25°C plus today so I decided to forego the Ghostbuster and join the carriage washers on rake 2 doing the Cotswold side of the maroon set. This is the sunny side and it dries very quickly, so the method is wet half a carriage, brush that half, rinse, wipe windows. Move to next half. Here are the before and after pictures - you can see difference in the windows - honest!

My helpers in this were Phil and David.

This was hot work, not helped by the hose coming adrift on numerous occasions - but the cold shower was nice!

After the break Tim came over to help as David had had to leave by then. He had been helping Paul on the other set and here he is finishing that off afterwards with Paul (on the left).

The rest of the team were working inside (I must get round to taking their photos!)  - John, Nigel, Greg . And our second new starter this year - Monica! 

No blog next week as we are off to a Family Event.