Saturday 16th - Trundling on with progress
Another warm day in the works with good progress all round. I had a guard turn in the afternoon and evening so just a small selection of pictures.
Simon and Tom were working on the interior of the South end of 1876, initially stripping old insulation out.
The new floor will soon be going in.
Metal repairs at the North end still ongoing.
John primes the new fabricated base for the remaining flying saucer light in 1876. Pam was cleaning a table up, not sure for what.
[It does look like a table top, but is actually going to be an advice notice for use in Galas - Dave C.]
The weedkilling wagon is looking good.
A good discussion was had about new bearings for the Open C, meanwhile Paul carries on journal polishing.
Robert smoothed off the temporary wooden bearings just so we can get the wagon back on its wheels for a shunt soon.
Meanwhile Maurice cleaned up the replacement buffer and the last two axlebox bottoms.
James continued his repairs on the South end of 4798.
Onto 5023, Dave and I did the gold colour lining on the Malvern side following the excellent job Ralph did top coating on Thursday.
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Now winding the clock back to last Sunday, where we had an extra day progressing the tank wagon at Toddington, making use of the telehandler.
So first of all, off comes the tank.
Following a test fit into the steel channels, a bit of adjustment needed to the end timber baulks.
Job done, and fitted.
Dan and Mark prepare to bolt the second one in place.
Tank lowering back into position, will it fit?
It did, rather well. A major step forward, the tank doesn't need to be lifted again now, so we can fit tie rods, hoops, ladders etc, the end might finally be in sight!
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Lastly, if you're interested, a couple of shots from work this week where I've been on a bridge on the Golden Valley line near Kemble.
A nice old brick arch, with plenty of repairs to do all over. Night shifts are not my favourite....
But they can be quite atmospheric.
The Colas rail delivery train also trundled through our site on Tuesday night, with lights blazing, it was an impressive sight.
Alex
ReplyDeleteYour night shots sure bring back memories of my days on the big railway, would we had digital cameras back then.
Great progress on the tank wagon.
Malcolm in Canada
Thanks Malcolm, yes would have been some fascinating photos back then, I'd love to go back in time with a digital camera!
DeleteI was pleased to see your comment the other day about the wooden thingies to rest the buffer saddles on. I was teased a few weeks ago for calling them "wooden thingies" and not knowing the name for them, I'm glad there isn't one!
RE the wooden thingies, they were usually called buffer saddles.
DeleteNo the saddle is the piece of forget steel that sits on the buffer rod to extend it, the saddle supports aka wooden thingies have no name that I ever heard
DeleteWhat work are you doing on the bridge on the Golden Valley line? I thought you had a more-or-less inside job on the big railway?
ReplyDeleteIt's a bit complicated to explain my position at the moment Noel! I'm on the Network Rail graduate scheme, where you have the opportunity to do several placements in different areas to gain experience.
DeleteMy first placement was as a drainage asset engineer for the western route. This was mostly office based but we still went out once a week or so to visit various sites - my boss was a great believer in knowing your assets on the ground.
My second placement I'm currently on secondment to a principal contractor (Morgan Sindall) acting as a bit of a site engineer type role.
It's supposed to be a two years scheme, but a permanent role came up in the team I did my first placement with. As I enjoyed the work and the team, and they asked me to apply, I did and I got the job so I'm leaving the scheme early towards the end of September.
Alex, congratulations on your latest ‘promotion’, it’s good to know that large organisations still have people who can recognise talent when they see it. Good luck in your new role but selfishly I hope that it doesn’t mean that you’ll have less time for the GWSR. Chris C
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