This weekend followed the pattern of last weather wise, which rather hampered some of our planned work. Anyhow, the logs from down the line have been collected and brought back to the station for further use and the new fencing has been started north of the level crossing.
Our workshop coach now sports undercoat on the station side and the yard side has been scraped off and sanded thanks to Alexa and a volunteer from the Netherlands! It now awaits some dry days to allow it to dry out before we can repaint it.
Andy has been working hard on the CCT with the new top beam spliced into place and tied into the new vertical corner post. Elsewhere the van Eric and Kevin have removed rotten screws, cleaned down and primed the E side doorway steelwork doorplates. A new lighting loom has been fitted in the GE van to help us locate stores in the dark (we are used to working in the dark, some say we perform best that way!) and the wiring under the dock has been tidied up onto supports.
Young Alexander is still going from strength to strength, won’t be long now before I get him to work.
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Sunday, 19 September 2010
19th September 2010
Well it’s been a weekend of two halves – good weather on the Saturday followed by drizzle and rain damp-out on Sunday. Work does still go on. More paint has been applied to the CCT metalwork items and further lettering has been applied to some of the vans. A replacement axle box cover has been fitted to the 3 plank wagon replacing a crude steel plate with which it was delivered – it’s only taken 15 years to do it!
Diesel weekend has been fairly busy on the trains but relatively quiet here. It makes a change to see some different diesels from the usual pair which are regular callers here. As usual TPWS and ERTMS were fitted for the weekend at the station for the modern trains.
To aid loco drivers further, more scrub and bushes have been taken out so the signals can be clearly seen. The timber has been logged and brought back to the station, to keep the home fires going! The brush will be dealt with in a while. Stephen has continued tidying up the workshop coach and has identified some surplus tools which we have donated to ‘Tools for Africa’ and Simon has been tidying up in the Palvan so we can find our way around our wagon spares. The lineside fence, which we removed south of the station to get the lineside ditch re-dug, has finally been reinstated with recovered materials from north of the station. You can hardly tell where the work we undertook was as the lineside has fully greened up.
Diesel weekend has been fairly busy on the trains but relatively quiet here. It makes a change to see some different diesels from the usual pair which are regular callers here. As usual TPWS and ERTMS were fitted for the weekend at the station for the modern trains.
To aid loco drivers further, more scrub and bushes have been taken out so the signals can be clearly seen. The timber has been logged and brought back to the station, to keep the home fires going! The brush will be dealt with in a while. Stephen has continued tidying up the workshop coach and has identified some surplus tools which we have donated to ‘Tools for Africa’ and Simon has been tidying up in the Palvan so we can find our way around our wagon spares. The lineside fence, which we removed south of the station to get the lineside ditch re-dug, has finally been reinstated with recovered materials from north of the station. You can hardly tell where the work we undertook was as the lineside has fully greened up.
Sunday, 12 September 2010
12th September 2010
Well we should have had the Junior Volunteers helping us on Saturday but heavy rain first thing in the morning put paid to that. Of course once they had cancelled the sun came out and it has been another good weekend. On the dock Alexa has continued rubbing down the workshop coach and priming the bare wood. Michael has continued replacing old wiring in the CCT and the shock van. The wooden floors in the cottage and the General Room have benefitted from a clean down and 2 coats of varnish. Stephen has installed the spanner shelves and continued tidying the workshop coach – you can see the floor now!
The shock van is now sitting correctly on its underframe rather than being up on blocks of wood, again this was easier said than done. On the CCT the north end door closing mechanism has been reinstated and lo! the doors now close securely. The steelwork from the far end has been cleaned down, primed and undercoated ready for Andys return and reinstatement. A bit more cleaning down has been undertaken on the lowmac on its West side.
Over in the Paddock the marquee side pole lean to has had its felt roof fitted to keep the poles dry. North of the level crossing the Community Payback team have carefully dismantled the lineside fence ready for the installation of new materials next weekend. In the meantime a temporary orange fence protects the lineside.
We had a visit from around 40 Goldwing motorcycles on Sunday morning. These were some of the around 300 which have visited Scarborough this weekend. They kept the Weighbridge Teas busy and gave them a flavour of, hopefully, how busy they will be next weekend for the Diesel Gala.
The shock van is now sitting correctly on its underframe rather than being up on blocks of wood, again this was easier said than done. On the CCT the north end door closing mechanism has been reinstated and lo! the doors now close securely. The steelwork from the far end has been cleaned down, primed and undercoated ready for Andys return and reinstatement. A bit more cleaning down has been undertaken on the lowmac on its West side.
Over in the Paddock the marquee side pole lean to has had its felt roof fitted to keep the poles dry. North of the level crossing the Community Payback team have carefully dismantled the lineside fence ready for the installation of new materials next weekend. In the meantime a temporary orange fence protects the lineside.
We had a visit from around 40 Goldwing motorcycles on Sunday morning. These were some of the around 300 which have visited Scarborough this weekend. They kept the Weighbridge Teas busy and gave them a flavour of, hopefully, how busy they will be next weekend for the Diesel Gala.
Sunday, 5 September 2010
5th September 2010
Another dry weekend so it’s on with the painting. The NER van is now all in topcoat and is even partly lettered – is anyone a signwriter, as there is a lot to do!? The VEA doors have been re covered with new ply on the yard side to give us a few more years use before they need replacing. That side has now been repainted and very smart it looks. The shock van and shock open now sport the correct pattern white strips – long and thin for early BR and short and fat for late BR era. Thanks to Alexa, Geoff, Michael for the painting.
Brian and Stephen have constructed the lean-to to house the marquee short poles on the paddock. North of the level crossing the lineside has been tidied up and strimmed giving a much neater appearance. A new set of shelves have been made to support the selection of spanner boxes we have, a further stage of tidying up our workshop. Tony 1 has continued repairing and painting the double notice board.
David & Richard gardening-will the weeding never end!
The various handrails and deck boards for the yard point levers have now been fixed in place by Brian.
Brian and Stephen have constructed the lean-to to house the marquee short poles on the paddock. North of the level crossing the lineside has been tidied up and strimmed giving a much neater appearance. A new set of shelves have been made to support the selection of spanner boxes we have, a further stage of tidying up our workshop. Tony 1 has continued repairing and painting the double notice board.
David & Richard gardening-will the weeding never end!
The various handrails and deck boards for the yard point levers have now been fixed in place by Brian.
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