Coach(ing) Sessions

We now have two working days mid week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Glynn and team on Tuesdays and Dave and team on Thursdays.  Progress has accelerated so many thanks to those who come mid week.  Maybe we need to call them the TT gang as they are certainly cracking on at high speed.

Activities this week have mainly centred on the coach and thanks to Andy G for the pictures.

Work on removing the comfy bits is almost complete, not many more cushions to go.  Now you can see the open nature of the coach construction, the compartments are mostly separated by the seat backs.

Here are the innards, now open for all to see, whilst generally in good condition internally attention will be given to restoring the woodwork and making it a pleasure for our guests on their trip to Weston.

It is an almost unwritten rule that you clear out any space and somebody will find something to put in there, here is proof as the seats are now placed in safe storage whilst the dirty work of stripping, sanding and coating the internal woodwork is being done.

Here Big John and Alan close the doors on the seats 'See you very soon in the restored interior'

Already cracking on with restoration Big John sands down picture/mirror frames of which there are quite a few, six to each compartment, That's a job that will go on for a while.

Meanwhile Colin and John are working in the guard's compartment. Now you can see the benefits of being under cover, imagine working like this with the doors open outside in February. We are not sure if John was about to jump or just being camera shy.

 Actually no, John was busy working and has been preparing the inside to assess it's condition.

Not only the inside was worked on, underneath was given some attention as well.  Here is Noel de-rusting and scraping the bogies. 

There is lots of work still to do but the tea and banter are flowing well.  The kettle is now at arms length and rarely gets cold. 

Elsewhere work continues around the work sites preparing for the next tracklaying push and tidying up to get ready for the operating season.

The two days planned for this weekend have been pushed back by one week due to the weather, same plan to get lineside clearance done before we have to stop for nesting season.  Work needs doing alongside the running line at various places so this is where the effort will be concentrated.

Until next time.