Monday 18th - And This Year's Star Prize Goes To

 John Mac. I arrived to find John up in our shed looking very puzzled and concerned. He was looking for the bucket containing the toilet cleaning kit but it was nowhere to be found. It didn't seem likely that it would have "walked" and the other potential cleaners were not on site today. A very worried John set off down the train to see if by any chance someone had already got it. On the way through he met Nigel and mentioned the problem. Nigel told him it was in the boot of his (John's) car! John then recalled he had taken it to Winchcombe to do the train there a fortnight ago and so there it was. Not that any of us have memory lapses........

So on to today. Just rake 1 at Toddington, to be cleaned after 2 Race Train Charters and the charity Santa. It was not bad at all. Rake 2 is now at Winchcombe but has not been used since it was last cleaned. With 11 of us for 1 train it was done by tea break, apart from some mopping. 

David, Peter and Tim washing (and me when I put the camera down).

Inside Roger C, Nick, John S and Val.

Jane and Nigel.

A clean carriage (apart from the later mopping)

Going back to the polishing of 4772, below is M4614 that we used the cutting paste on and then waxed polished at the end of September 2023. It is starting to "bloom" but still looks passable. Having an unwaxed polished 4772 to compare with 4614 will enable us to know what is required.