Work in Progress: 9th February
posted by Nigel Thompson
on Mon, 13/02/2012 - 14:08
Many preparations underway today ready for the opening and running of trains during the February half-term week .
Inside Woody Bay Station the floor repairs after the flood were completed and new "lino" fitted.
Also, catering manager Judy Williams, reorganised the stainless-steel work tops and fridges into an easier to manage layout within the confines of the kitchen.
In the shed the engineers continued working on locos SID and diesel D6652.
Outside Dick Gunn worked on the down home signal whilst the other gang members dismantled the redundant stage area alongside the outside tea gardens.
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Words & pictures by Nigel Thompson
Inside Woody Bay Station the floor repairs after the flood were completed and new "lino" fitted.
Also, catering manager Judy Williams, reorganised the stainless-steel work tops and fridges into an easier to manage layout within the confines of the kitchen.
In the shed the engineers continued working on locos SID and diesel D6652.
Outside Dick Gunn worked on the down home signal whilst the other gang members dismantled the redundant stage area alongside the outside tea gardens.
1. The scaffold tower made a safe platform in order to install the signal arm back in place on the down home signal.
2. John Heys and Dick Gunn adjust the 'on' position of the refurbished and repainted lower quadrant down home signal arm.
3. Dick paints more white top coat at the top of the post.
4. The covered stage was dismantled today. Erected several years ago, this stage had helped us to offer a few live music acts during special events and during the local music festival. However with the growth of business at the tea gardens this space will be needed for our catering requirements this year. The corrugated roof sections and wood battens were carefully detached and saved for further use elsewhere on the railway.
5. The plywood floor sections from the stage are removed before a tidy up of this area begun.
6. At Killington Lane, a seated Jim Price watches whilst Martyn Budd uses the augur attachment on the excavator to dig a hole for a new running-in board post.
7. The augur makes light work of this job (Thanks again to all those who contributed financially to the augur appeal back in 2010, as you can see this mechanised tool really helps to speed up these odd jobs. Earlier a small public warning sign at the end of the down platform was also repositioned after using the augur on the excavator positioned alongside)
8. The new running-in board post is tamped in place. The sign is away having a new frame constructed.
9. Of historical interest this is a skip wagon chassis which has recently been donated from a local source. It is thought to have originated with the contractors Nuttalls who built the original railway, 1895-1898.
10. The small skip wagon chassis was put on the track briefly to move it for storage. At a later date it is expected to be restored before being displayed along with other large L & B artifacts.
2. John Heys and Dick Gunn adjust the 'on' position of the refurbished and repainted lower quadrant down home signal arm.
3. Dick paints more white top coat at the top of the post.
4. The covered stage was dismantled today. Erected several years ago, this stage had helped us to offer a few live music acts during special events and during the local music festival. However with the growth of business at the tea gardens this space will be needed for our catering requirements this year. The corrugated roof sections and wood battens were carefully detached and saved for further use elsewhere on the railway.
5. The plywood floor sections from the stage are removed before a tidy up of this area begun.
6. At Killington Lane, a seated Jim Price watches whilst Martyn Budd uses the augur attachment on the excavator to dig a hole for a new running-in board post.
7. The augur makes light work of this job (Thanks again to all those who contributed financially to the augur appeal back in 2010, as you can see this mechanised tool really helps to speed up these odd jobs. Earlier a small public warning sign at the end of the down platform was also repositioned after using the augur on the excavator positioned alongside)
8. The new running-in board post is tamped in place. The sign is away having a new frame constructed.
9. Of historical interest this is a skip wagon chassis which has recently been donated from a local source. It is thought to have originated with the contractors Nuttalls who built the original railway, 1895-1898.
10. The small skip wagon chassis was put on the track briefly to move it for storage. At a later date it is expected to be restored before being displayed along with other large L & B artifacts.
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Words & pictures by Nigel Thompson
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