20 October 2007
Working Party Report
Longhoughton Goods Yard - BS, DMS, KSW, TS, DT, IC, RC, NB, Continuation of work on road 2. Movement of materials. General tidy up. Sort tools., Baz and Dave S arrived and moved the majority of items out of the “clean” half of the mark 1. The Atlas was started and sleepers moved, and a bit of spoil dug out. The Atlas was then stopped so Tom and Dave S could try and get a spare banjo bolt for the fuel return line (to no avail). On return the Atlas was restarted and more work undertaken on road 2. Tom swept up the clean half of the mark 1 and made a start painting the floor boards. The other continued with the mark 2s. An attempt was made to rail the Atlas, but line 2 requires some more preparation work first. The Atlas was parked up in the middle of the yard and the arm used to lift the front end so that the front 4 wheels could be swapped out for “new” ones. The back ones are still to do.