Work in Progress - Thursday 29th October

The unseasonally mild, dry weather for half term week produced some healthy loadings on the trains this week, helping to further boost the 2009 passenger figures. Steam locomotive SID was running with three carriages.

Photos: Nigel Thompson 

 
 
1. SID departs Woody Bay with an afternoon train.

2. Driver Eddie Mills is in charge of SID today whilst...

3. ...Dave Tooke has a chance to refresh his footplate experience as the fireman.

4. Guard Dave Blencowe enjoys yet another cup of tea in between trains.
 

The Thursday gang volunteers were detailed to work in the shed today continuing the clearance of surplus and scrap equipment as part of the general tidy up there.
 

5. General view of the cluttered shed during the tidying.

6. Two work benches have been repositioned at the rear of the shed enabling work to carry on when all the locos and carriages are 'on shed'.

7. Richard Willey sorts out some screws and bolts into containers.

8. After completing todays work the this area of the shed looks better. The platform seat is ungoing a repair/repaint.

9. Martin Andrews sanding down Coach No.4; the first in the works for this winters repaint.