Wednesday 25th - Inside or outside .... rain or not?'

 With recent weather it was difficult to plan what to do .....

Upholstery generally are not affected by extreme weather, and today we were visited by Tim Robbins from Torrington fabrics with dining chair seats and backs, from the Bluebell Railway. Laura is discussing with Tim what is required. 

This is the new moquette .....

Eve has made a start stripping the old seat covers.

These are some of the seats to be re-covered.

Withe the morning weather looking ok, John continued with rivet removal on the Open C Wagon prior to grit blasting. He stuck at it but by 2.00pm it started raining again, so that was game over for today.

Not so bad indoors, Rex had asked me to weld in place the captive nuts for the window frame surround.

On the opposite side, a lightning up of the retainers ..... Rex, Gerry and Bryan.

a bit more tidying up and its done.

The Mica van is getting some attention from Steve, he is cleaning the North end and making pieces to weld in.

1675 is getting attention from Simon, he is fitting curtain wires in the saloon.

Finally a visit to the doorfit team working on 4798, that's ben outside and Trevor inside .

Ainsley is working on 4790, measuring the latch plate on the North, Cotswold door.

Many thanks to Gerry for the photos.