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Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Maintenance Update (ashpan, valves, rescue, heat)

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Wednesday 17th Gilbert and Brian arrived and then went off to speak with Graham, who is drawing up the plans for the next ashpan. The curre...
Saturday, 13 May 2017

Maintenance Update (scoop, tender, stays, tube)

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Wednesday 10th Gilbert popped in, but toddled off to Winchcombe to help Fred on the siphon restoration because there is little to do on 280...
Saturday, 6 May 2017

Maintenance Update (clean, spring, oil, weights)

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Wednesday 3rd At last, the engine stood still long enough for us to address some of the issues! Brian seemed to be in “management” role, ...
Saturday, 29 April 2017

Maintenance Update (numbers, chairs, stops, letters)

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Wednesday 26th Yet again 2807 was in service, and she is rostered to be in service over this weekend. There was a bit of a whoopsie on Sund...
Wednesday, 19 April 2017

Maintenance Update (bootscrapers, ash, siphon, guard)

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Wednesday 19th Once again 2807 was in service, and she is rostered to be in service over this weekend - the GWSR Wartime event (including a...
Saturday, 15 April 2017

Maintenance Update (spacer, drawings, needle, puller)

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Wednesday 12th With 2807 in service, work was thin on the ground. John G painted rail chairs, completing 4 black bottoms and six tops. Afte...
Saturday, 8 April 2017

Maintenance Update (paint, water, Jack, jack)

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Wednesday 5th I spent the day playing with boot scrapers (so, my apologies for things missed or messed up). There was only one left in the ...
Sunday, 2 April 2017

Maintenance Update (wax, loose, copper, Didcot)

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Wednesday 29th With assistance from several Loco depot chaps, the boiler and tender were drained of water and the ash pan emptied of ash. ...