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Saturday, 19 May 2018

Maintenance Update (vacuum, Edward, wagons, ash)

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Wednesday 16th With 2807 in service today and until the weekend, and then again over the gala (26th - 28th May) we are limited mainly to bo...
Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Maintenance Update (LNER, spring, strawberry, power)

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Saturday 5th Gorgeous day. I met Fred at Winchcombe. He said that he was here on Friday doing some painting on the siphon. The whole of the...
Sunday, 22 April 2018

Maintenance Update (clack, gauge, fire, connector)

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Wednesday 18th Bruce tackled issue 14 (flange lubricator not contacting wheel). Paraphrasing Bruce’s comment, ‘It took less time to insert ...
Saturday, 14 April 2018

Maintenance Update (token, frost, graphite, frame)

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Tuesday 10th I felt the urge to go to Todders and stock up both cafés with boot scrapers. It just happened that 2807 passed by … No...
Saturday, 7 April 2018

Maintenance Update (brakes, rail, seats, faces)

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Wednesday 4th Bruce had barely arrived before he was asked to release the brakes on 2807 because they wanted to move it (and couldn’t!). Ap...
Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Maintenance Update (polishing, connecting, outstanding, Broadway)

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Wednesday 27th Alex and her happy band had already cleaned much of the loco, but there was still some brass and copper than could do with a...
Sunday, 25 March 2018

Maintenance Update (vacuum, plug, Hall, niggles)

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Tuesday 20th Warming fire required in readiness for a test run on Wednesday. Wednesday 21st I’m not sure who lit the steam-raising fire ...
Saturday, 17 March 2018

Maintenance Update (Manor, Grange, height, felt)

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Erratum Several people corrected my assertion last time that No.1 boilers are used on Manor class. They are not, of course. I should have s...