Aln Valley Railway

Longhoughton Goods Yard - MH, IC, KSW, DT., a continuation of work to release the brakes on the Ruston 165DE; completion of the fencing at the road entrance; general tidying; sorting of tools; checking over of the tractor, A half day due to the weather. The extremely stubborn pin on the 165DE’s brakes was finally removed with the assistance of some heat, brute force and ignorance. The upper crossmember has a little more freedom but is being restricted by the air cylinder. Feel this now requires a stripdown. The lower crossmember was still seized, an application of heat and Plus Gas seems to have freed up the nearside, but the offside is stil solid. Even had a few toots from a passing Voyager (a first?), the northbound EWS coal train and a GNER HST.