A bit of a quiet week but plenty of good things happening
all the same.
The Oswestry Station Building Trust has received lottery
fund money to help fund the purchase of Gobowen station. Although it will be a while yet until that
part of the railway project is developed it is good to see that the Italianate
style buildings will be in good hands and being made ready for the future.
The bay platform is already there and waiting,
During the last weekend the Annual General Meetings of the
various supporting organisations were held at Oswestry, so it was a chance to
catch up on overall policy and the financial well-being of the company. Financially we are in the black but now with
major expansion plans and bigger draws on the money it is important to push for
more income. There will be a number of
themed and special events alongside regular running in 2018 so make a plan to
come along to visit and see what we are up to and what the future holds in
store.
Work wise there is never a dull moment and several other
pieces of the jigsaw are being worked on.
The steam loco is safely tucked up against the cold and is undergoing
some routine maintenance.
Time has also
been taken to tidy up the working area and restore some of the older tools and
tooling that will be useful going forward.
As the nights get longer and the temperatures get colder
there will be more indoor work and catching up on jobs that are difficult to find
time for when running trains.
The next big weekend working party will be this weekend, 18th
and 19th November The
objective is to tackle lineside growth not only on the active sections, think
of it as long distance gardening.
Gradually the lineside vegetation is being pushed back but there is
still a way to go.
Just to give you a taste here are links to two videos of the
run of a section on which has been cleared and then further on to a section
where clearance covers just the running rails.
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