Aln Valley Railway

Baz, Dave & Ian stacked some more sleepers, and tidied up a bit. Kay continued with beautification of the 165 DE. After a tea break the second Geismar-Stumec rail saw was given a quick check over, with the starter cord being removed and retensioned, A mix of WD40 and diesel was squirted into the cylinder and the saw crank was disconnected and the engine barred over a few times, the plug was cleaned up and reinserted, and after a few false fire, the engine started and ran okay. The saw crank was refitted and the whole unit seems to work okay – we now just need to check how to clamp it too rail and then we will perform a test cut

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another good day: site tidy-up continued with Ian using his New Holland levelling out the fines to give a better working surface and hopefully assisting drainage so parts of the site don’t become a quagmire at the first hint of rain. Sleepers stacked. The remainder of the new tools given a quick check over and then put in the parcels compartment of the MK 2 BFK (as we are running out of space in the Mk 1 BSK (time to get another stores van?…). Kay painted the roof of the 165DE and seems to be following EWS’s example and has gone for white!

AVRS Members are invited to take part in the RCTS Summer Outing on Sunday 29th June.
Itinerary attached.
Let Roger Jermy know (01665 606168) if you would like to take part.
He can fit three into his car if you’d like a lift from Alnwick or nearby.
Times are approximate!

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Some new tools were delivered. The wooden sleepers from the latest stack to be dismantled were stockpiled. Some F27s were moved to be more accessible – it was after this that this went downhill – literally…

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Baz was up and had used the Atlas to grade off the South end of the site. Temporary fencing has been erected along the original fence line; this is to help appease safety fears and will be taken down again when a method of recovering the remaining concrete sleepers is agreed with Network Rail. Various small P-Way material have been recovered from the old pile and moved down to the new stocking out area – they will still require sorting. The Ruston 48DS has been moved to the far south of road 1. Various other bits of site beautification were carried out.

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Attended by MH, AH, KSW, DT, TS and KM. KSW worked on the flooring of the coach. MH, AH started looking at the OTP. Assumed KM continued to work on his van. Some strange Western thingy trundled past northbound packed full also.

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The Link Autm/Wint 2007