Monday 17th - A Bitterly Cold Wind
Greeted me as I arrived.
With just the one rake and bubblecar at this time of year I took the opportunity to walk through the train and see who was already at work.
And here is Rich with the Ghostbuster, in the same carriage.
He is one of 3 of our team who have dogs, doing their bit to provide vets with a good living!
At the north end I found Steve cleaning tables and windows.
I got down and managed to scrape most of this chewing gum off the carpet in Mary. Getting up was more of a challenge! I followed this up with some spot mopping elsewhere - the disabled area by the guards compartment mostly. It's where the black (leaky) sacks get left after use, ready to be unloaded.
Walking back to the shed you can see how far an 8 coach train goes under the bridge. The south end carriage will be removed soon, as the race trains have finished, to bring it back to the standard 7 coach train.
After tea break it was party time down to the bubblecar. Boy was it cold walking across the car park!
Here you can see John M, Roger C, Rich and Val giving it the works. As the spot mop was out I took it down "just in case", and it turned out to be very useful. John and Roger C also cleaned a wall panel, but I forgot to take a picture - it looked much better for their work.
The rest of the team today was Nigel inside and Peter, Paul and Tim as usual on the outside washing the Cotswold side.
We used to freeze the gum then it lifts off without sticking, soapy water usually gets the residue. I expect these days there are other products. (But honestly just throwing your gum down like that?)
ReplyDeleteI remember when gum was a lot more popular and the suways to the town centre of Stourbridge looked like the floor was 'pebble dashed' with gum just spat out when the user had had enough of it. i thought that train passengers using historical stock would have better manners than to tread gum into the carpet.would they do that at their own homes? I think not. It would be better if they just threw the gum out of the window, but not the best way to dispose of it even then. Wraped in a tissue and placed in a bin is the best way. But, having said all this, welive in a don't care society.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Paul.