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Saturday, 30 May 2015

Maintenance Update (piston, gland, blower, injector)

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Wednesday 27th Bruce & Gil arrived first.  It seems that there was a minor issue with the brakes: the diesel shunter had struggled ...
Monday, 25 May 2015

Maintenance Update (pins, shunter, stalls, FLA)

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Wednesday 20th I was giving a lighting-up course to one of the Loco Dept chaps, so didn't see what was happening with the loco.  Th...
Sunday, 24 May 2015

To prove that "Wells" made it .....

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..... here's a photo from yesterday .... ... showing Wells headed by Wadebridge arriving at Toddington. Steve
Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Unofficial Gala Update

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I understand from unofficial sources that there has been a bit of an issue with City of Wells ( or is it just Wells ) .  Apparently the loco...
Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Maintenance Update (chairs, pony, supporters, gala)

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Wednesday 13th 2807 was in service.  Actually, all other steam locos were out of service!  One with broken springs; one with a broken coppe...
Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Maintenance Update (hydraulic, fire, steam, polish)

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Saturday 2nd Bill reported: "I went over to Winchcombe as usual, and it was a very cold couple of hours in the Siphon until I rea...
Friday, 1 May 2015

Maintenance Update (pipe, silver, cut-off, leak)

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Friday 24th I happened to be cycling beneath Laverton bridge as 2807 was running round the Fire & Drive train.  Got the thumbs-up f...
Thursday, 23 April 2015

Maintenance Update (lap, face, shiny, fixed)

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Friday 17th Clive reports: " Regarding the 'hot' pony, neither my driver, Sean Nielsen, or myself noticed any excess he...