Our lower attendances continue with holidays reducing the numbers. We even have a surplus of milk in the Mess Room fridge as a result.
However it was a good satisfying day, albeit a very hot one when venturing outside. Phil intended to try and get some more roof paint on the Discovery Coach before the heat made outside painting impossible, but the sudden appearance of a school party doing the Wartime Evacuation Experience prevented that option. No shortage of work inside though for the Painting and Prep team with TSO 5023 the current priority when the Discovery Coach work is not possible.
All the small sheet metal patches have been welded in place. Gerry now cleans up the welds on the Cotswold side.
In the background Phil, having given up with the Discovery Coach roof, begins sanding the filled rivet line. Further standard filler is now going on the sanded fibre paste filler to complete the job.
[Photo : Gerry] Gerry captured me investigating some of the fibre paste filling on the Malvern side where some of the paste had had insufficient hardener and had remained tacky. However, a combination of time and heat had in fact made the filler harden off and all was well.
Meanwhile David took on some more general sanding down on this side.
Jeff continued the work started by Ainsley on Tuesday, thoroughly sanding the door and doorframe edges on the Malvern side.
Bob had now arrived and got going on more of the upper Cotswold side.
[Photo : Gerry] As for me, following a major rag cutting session in Upholstery where it's nice and clean and then the acquistion of a few more blog photos, I got stuck in with the sanding of the Malvern side rivet line.
Jeff had by now progressed to the south end door.
A timely break outside in the shade, while enjoying the passing of the northbound train headed by 2807. The fireman had a helmet on, fully in keeping with the Evacuation Experience, especially as the schoolchildren were travelling on this train.
Gerry later moved on to SO 4798 to ream out some of the rivet line on the Malvern side.
On now to all things RBr 1675, Phil is inserting copper braiding in a rubber sleeve.
The two Richards were still doing commissioning work on the water system in 1675. Richard II is checking there are no leaks before the cylinder is pushed back into place. The skid is living up to its name and enabling the unit and attachments to be moved more easily.
Stu is tightening up the vacuum system pipework. John explained that a further hidden leak was discovered with the communication cord pipework, but hopefully repairing that should have finally sorted out the problem.
Work is progressing on the north end bogie, with the Malvern side completed.
The Cotswold side is now being dealt with.
These four shims will now be needed for the above job, so have been cleaned up and painted with black MIO.
Sometimes the sheets and other items that I cut up for rag have been used as temporary covers in the Works and have got a bit grubby. As such they are no good for the Painting and Prep team, but perfectly fine for the type of jobs done in the Barn. So at last, the Barn and Dirty Gang now have their own rag box.
I missed the Indoor Gang who had several collections of tools in FK 13326 while doing some minor repairs.
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Two more photos taken by Gerry while he was in north Devon.
The preserved LSWR signalbox at Instow on the Tarka Trail and replica signalbox at Bideford Station, now part of the Bideford Railway Heritage Centre.
For full details please go to their excellent website:
www.bidefordrailway.co.uk
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