Aln Valley Railway

Longhoughton Goods Yard - BS, DMS, IC, TS, laying out sidings; cleaning the Mk 1 roof; rubbing down Mk 1 sides; rewiring 48DS; refit hose to tractor; continue overhaul of dumper; check over rail crane; tidy access road and yard, Baz worked on completing the partition in the staff mark 1 and also continued tidying up. Dave and Ian continued with the restoration of Scarth, the dumper (in working order), which included cleaning and greasing, changing the gear and diff oil, adjusting the fuel pump and govenor, and preparing for the refitting of the air cooling system. The tractor was also returned to use with the fitting of the replacement hydrauluc hose on the front loader. Tom made a start on sorting out items at the north end of the site, moving the smaller items (such as chairs and bolts) to store, and we will move some of the larger items (sleepers & rail) next weekend. The area for the Van Body was also cleaned up a bit with the vegitation cut back. Some sleepers were laid out at the north end of siding 3 and two lenghts of rail moved up from the stockpile, turned in, clipped and one cut down to length (also removing a poor weld) to bring this up to the required size for the two mark 2s. A second hand small gas cooker has been provided by Ian, and this has been cleaned up and once tested will be installed in the staff coach to replace the current camp stove. A NENTA charter passed both ways (1Z20 & 1Z22) formed of 47853 + 9494, 5959, 5954, 6110, 6720, 3318, 3388, 1680, 3400, 3414 + 47805, with the driver giving a nice hello blast!