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Saturday, 25 March 2017

Maintenance Update (axle, weight, damper, tender)

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Monday 20th As the weather was pretty grim, I spent the day in the dry - inside the shed at Toddington, painting the left & right runni...
Saturday, 18 March 2017

Maintenance Update (board, handbrake, weight, spring)

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Wednesday 15th For several days, I have been selecting photos and preparing them for a total refresh of our display board that stands in th...
Saturday, 11 March 2017

Maintenance Update (wet, fire, taps, spirit)

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Monday 6th After the weekend running, the list of outstanding issues reads thus - the first two being brought forward; numbers 3 to 5 had b...
Sunday, 5 March 2017

Maintenance Update (shoes, chain, rostered, ashpan)

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Wednesday 1st March A frantic attempt at getting everything ready was mainly led by the Loco Dept. Clive had mustered a gang of six chaps ...
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Sunday, 26 February 2017

Maintenance Update (coupling, nut, magic, suspect)

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Wednesday 22nd The day began with Gilbert moving the chocks and Brian moving the engine. This was just to open up the gap twixt loco and te...
Sunday, 19 February 2017

Maintenance Update (gadget, injector, felt, bracket)

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Wednesday 15th John T began the day by gluing insulation around the cylinder blocks. There are two layers, here, held in place temporarily ...
Sunday, 12 February 2017

Maintenance Update (cylinder, chain, shaft, pin)

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Wednesday 8th Having been put on a new type of pill, Gilbert was back to his normal self, and was joining in everything again. However, he ...