Aln Valley Railway

Longhoughton Goods Yard - TS, DMS, KSW, Tom had a look at the big crane to clean up various parts to make it easier to work on. Dave and Kay made a start on stripping down various parts of the Jones after Kay discovered parts were seized. Kay left about 12:30 to attend a garden fete. The NMT passed northbound with the Serco driver giving a “hello” blast!

Longhoughton Goods Yard - TS, DMS, KSW, Tom had a look at the big crane to see if it is possible to lever up the collar to free the corrosion. Dave made a start on stripping the brake rigging on the HPA back down. Kay had a look at the Jones.

Wooler - DMS, TS, BS, Tom and Dave, (and Baz for a little bit) sorted out the remaining sleepers and stacked them up ready for collection and movement to Longhoughton. Also sorted were the remaining loose chairs, which have been put on a pallet ready for movement to Longhoughton

Longhoughton Goods Yard - BS, DMS, The gorgeous sunshine was too good to pass up so Dave and I want up to Longhoughton today. The rest of the trolleys from HTL were delivered, and we managed to make up a few more of these useful vehicles. We then lifted all the trolleys to the southern end of yard, and moved lengths of rail down and extended road #2 southwards, the Ruston was then moved up towards the southern end too. As the Ruston has no brakes please do not remove the wheel scotches. The ECS off a charter set passed north bound with 47712 + 47703 T&T and the NMT also passed, in addition to standard stuff.