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Diesels in action at Woody Bay

With Hunslet Diesel HEDDON HALL busy working the passenger train today, a couple of shunting moves of the Box Vans and Bogie Flat wagon required small Motor-rail Simplex diesel TITCH to be started up for a very rare occasion and used to shunt the wagons to the loading dock. A lunchtime works train also ran with HEDDON HALL taking the ballast wagon and a small flat to Killington Lane.

Photos: Nigel Thompson 

Todays main task was to concrete the floor in the shed extension. Several volunteers helped with this important project which after a hard days toil fighting time against the setting cement was finally completed and with the wagons and tools all washed by 1700.

Despite a very poor weather day at Woody Bay, progress continued indoors within the new shed extension. The shed floor area in the extension will be concreted soon and some of the gang were tasked with installing the full shuttering around.

Meanwhile, two wagons in the shed were worked on: Ex MOD bogie flat (being converted to a replica of L&B bogie open No.12) had some of the wooden tongue and groove sides cut to length and fitted, and Bogie Open No. 54 had a new section of planks prepared to replace the damaged and rotting floor.

With improving weather today as the early mist gradually departed, the "Thursday Gang" constructed the wooden fence and path leading to the visitors' shed viewing area. In the morning, part of the gang carted several wheelbarrow loads of stone and dust to form the path, whilst others secured wooden rails onto the rail posts which had been installed last week.

Photos: Nigel Thompson