Jack And His Friends

Tuesday was all about fettling and adjusting the track.  Under glorious sunshine the Tuesday Gang spent the time working north and south of Gasworks Bridge.  The following pictures by Guy show how much fun a group can have with a few crow bars, spanners, a can of oil and a few jacks.

The trolley was used to move the tools in to position, we will soon have the rail tops nice and bright!

The tools of the trade ready and waiting

Here you can see the welded joint from flat bottom rail to bullhead. It's time to loosen a few bolts for some tweaking.

A quick conference is organised to see what needs to be done,

There is always lots of advice!

 Our fiend Jack is brought in to play

Through careful alignment and a few movements here and there the hollows are gradually eliminated.

Jack has done his bit and the sleepers and ballast are moved in to position.

A gentle nudge and all is well.

On to the next sleeper and the process is repeated.

Sometimes a bit more umpf is needed to help Jack along.  You can see the improvement already in the track towards Oswestry,

Jack is put under pressure again.

Beyond the bridge work continues with fettling the joints and track levels.

Here a bit more work is required to get everything lined up and twist free.

 Jack is back and again provides the force to get everything aligned.

 In advance the nuts were given a spray of penetrating oil

Thanks to all who turned up and to Guy N for the pictures.

Until next time.