Work in Progress: 28th May

posted by keith vingoe on Fri, 29/05/2015 - 18:08

Busy, busy, busy!

With Nigel away, Roger Bye and Graham Bendell once again took the photos and Graham concocted the report.

A fine day, but with a very cool breeze, greeted volunteers and visitors to Woody Bay Station. There were two coaches already at the station by 9.50 and the 10.00 “special” carried a good load. Martyn Budd the General Manager was driving the locomotive today, but we quickly sorted ourselves out into “electrics”, tidying up, fencing at Killington Lane and transporting and stacking items at Rowley Moor Farm.

The photographs show just some of the activities this week. Apologies to the two Daves and the rest of the Rowley Moor gang who have no coverage this week.

1. Nick Slade works on Isaac.

2. Charles Wytock at the head of the returned 10.00 service.

3. Shearings’ passengers leave the train…

4. …and get back on the coaches.

5. Guard Bob Ayres in his “office”.

6. At Killington Lane the task was to replace rotten posts and rewire the fence. Sounds easy, but having to install struts at changes of direction and at end posts slowed things down a bit. Roger Bye, Dave Evans and Mike Corner drive a post. (The post driver got heavier as the day wore on.)

7. How many men does it take to cut a post to length? Roger supervises!

8. Dick Gunn and Don Newnam worked on the signal. (I hope Dick stopped sawing before he went through the ladder rung!)

9. The view we had for most of the day.

10. How many men does it take to wire a fence? In fairness, we were packing up as the last wires were attached. Richard (sorry, don’t know your surname), Dave and Mike watch appreciatively as Graham Varney and Roger fix the last piece of wire.

11. L&BR General Manager Martyn Budd had his first driving turn on Charles Wytock today. This didn’t pass without comment, but we did compliment him on the smooth ride back up the hill. (Fireman Andy Foster was putting lamp on the rear carriage when the photo was being taken.)