Work in Progress - 3rd December

A cold day with wintery showers faced the Thursday gang outdoors today. The sensible ones (Dave T, Jim, Brom, Martin A, and Stuart) managed to find jobs and tasks inside the warm, dry shed such as repairing and painting the carriages, whilst the gullible ones (Nigel, Dave B, Richard and Robin E), were foolish enough to volunteer to travel down the line to Killington Lane in the works train with Martyn and the dogs to finish off the fiddly bits left over from last weekend's trackbash.

Although the works train was intended to supply tools and machinery at Killington Lane, with careful positioning, it served a second purpose, as a shelter from the wintery north-westerly wind.

Despite the wind-break, the gang had from time to time to resort to sheltering in the brake van from hailstone showers, but despite this the job is now almost complete.

Photos: Nigel Thompson

1. More progress on the down starter signal post reveals a new position to photograph Woody Bay Station from.

2. At Killington Lane, Martyn Budd demonstrates the new rail drill.

3. The recently acquired drill makes light work of preparing rails to accommodate fishplate bolts.

4. Hand levers were fitted to the to the points at Killington Lane - Richard tests the middle siding/headshunt lever.

5. Robin with the new turnout (transhipment siding) lever.

6. Diesel 'Heddon Hall' on the regauged turnouts.

7. 'Heddon Hall' shunts Bogie flat 28321 into the middle siding.

8. Martyn in the digger drops ballast onto the new transhipment siding.

9. In the shed, Jim Price carries out repairs to the woodwork on Coach No.2