Monday 22nd - 14 Weeks

 14 Weeks? It's that long since we were able to get at the Malvern side of rake 2, carriage "A". It was a bit dirty! So I used the cutting paste on the the most northerly panels, before the Outside Team came by with the normal wash.

Before

After

This year we are trialling a new wash, as there are concerns the previous solution was damaging the paintwork. But ideally we need the revised painting procedure of varnished carriages to fully evaluate the outcome. On the present unvarnished paintwork the results are less than we would hope. The never ending learning curve that is a railway!

Another good turnout of 15. As usual the Outside Team are underway as we arrive. Paul, David, Tim and Peter getting setup. By the bin is one of the Toddington team doing some painting.

With the continuing good turnout we are starting to make inroads on the items that have to be left when we are short staffed. Here is Steve bending down to clean radiator covers.

Elsewhere Jane was cleaning luggage racks.

The rest of the team of Greg, John, Kath, Lynn, Nigel, Rich, Roger C and Val were all cleaning the interiors.

We share Mondays with the Toddington Station Team and enjoy excellent co-operation with them. Here they are just about to re-mount the hose reel stand that we (and they - to water the garden) use on platform 1. It had fallen over due to the legs rotting but they removed that section and re-mounted it in the post spikes. Just a little bit lower than it was!