Thursday Gang

Again multiple jobs were undertaken by the Thursday Gang with Andy G on hand to catch and photograph what was going on.

After hanging the first two gates last week attention turned to the next gate post to be installed, Noel is seen here with the needle gun tackling the rust.

Davey J also joined in as work outside continued under an ever more threatening dark sky.  As the weather closed in the tea stops became more frequent and longer.

The rain eventually came and the team that were dealing with the sleepers further down the line came back to base to work inside.

Amongst the work going on, John continues with replacing wooden parts on the coach, here proving  that there are never enough clamps when you are working with wood.

 

Restoration of details on the coach continues with the refurbishment of the door bump stops.  The process starts on the left with the part as removed from the coach.  After a thorough clean and stripping back to brass the stops are repainted and stored ready to refit when the bodywork of the coach is complete.

With undercover restoration space at a premium there have been expansionist moves in to the signal box, here are some of the internal details of the coach being worked on.  However by the end of play the intruders had been evicted as the signal box is prepared for it's starring role in the upcoming Heritage Open Days.  See the previous post.

Inside the station building there were more evictions as Santa's Grotto moved to a new storage location, leaving behind some unpleasant surprises. 

Finally everything was cleared up. Special thanks to Dave, John, Keith and Tom who encountered some of the worst elements that our society leaves behind as traces.

Thanks to Andy G for the pictures and details.

Until next time.