Tuesday 4th - Glorious weather

 A quiet day with 12 of us attending. No mid-week service trains until April, but next week it's Gold Cup week and all three rakes will be passing with the Race Specials.

Another glorious spring day, with the Barn roller shutters fully up to let the warmth in!  For some lunch would be back outside again.

Robert and Chris assessing the next stage in the reflooring of the Open C wagon.

The first two planks temporarily fitted. The undersides have rebates to allow for the diagonal braces. The space around them is to allow for the side and end planks.

Two more planks are wheeled through to the Barn.

Maurice and Paul were busy top coating all round in GW Grey.

Looking like a large garage sale, the stripped out contents of TSO 4867 (ex-Quainton Road), the next major restoration.

One of our storage BGs was being reorganised by Kevin and Dave to make room for the contents of 4867. Having taken the photo I then joined them. The little 4-wheel trollies were borrowed from Upholstery to help shift the heavy seats, though the little devils have a will of their own and frequently go off in different directions!

Derek once again making the most of the fine weather with some more replanking on the Monster van. When this is completed, the next project will be the Elephant Van.

For RBr 1675 it was a day of tidying up loose ends. Richard concentrated on the doors and doorframe sides, and sections of gutter that had been left out due to other previous work on the coach. Keith completed the painting in Black MIO of all the underframe parts that had previously been cleaned.

Keith removed the battery box covers and overpainted them with the MIO.

The end of the day with the Open C wagon looking good in its overall coat of GW Grey. The areas where further welding needs to be done have been left clear.

The Malvern side of 1675 with just some of the windows left to complete the first top coat.

On Sunday the weather was equally fine and the Gloucester-Sharpness Canal at Saul looked like a mill pond. With one of the nearby road bridges out of action, the only passing boats seen all day were from the Wycliffe College rowing centre. 

Sadly it looks like this glorious spell of weather is gradually drifting away. Thankfully the clear skies have made the planet alignment spotting a real joy.