27 January 2007
Working Party Report
Longhoughton Goods Yard - RJ, BS, DMS, MH, TS, KSW, IC, a continuation of work to overhaul the brake rigging from the Ruston 165DE; a continuation of work to overhaul the brake rigging from the Ruston 48DS; general tidying; sorting of tools; checking over of the tractor, Once he gained entry to the yard Roland continued working on DS1749, the rail crane. Dave unclipped the panel that the 165DE had been sitting on and then used the tractor to move the wooden sleepers. Baz and Kay continued with repairs to the toilet block. Mark set up a new oil store, and all drums, cans, etc. were moved into it. Ian and Dave emptied the ticket office / tool cabin, and it was re-levelled on old sleepers, and the tools put back in. The radiator on the tractor was found to be leaking again so the bonnet was taken off to allow the rad to be removed for repairs. Normal passing services – a few toots, including from Virgin. 1S49 which was an MML HST vice a Virgin voyager, was running on the rear power car only (43074 front, 43052 pushing). Hydrex’s Colmar T4300FS Road/Rail 360° excavator no. 2893 was collected and taken back to depot. Today’s photos at http://www.daveshell.fotopic.net/c1194649.html