Another day at the Rocks By Rail Museum where the track work is all back in pace but just needs jacking, packing and ballasting before we can run trains properly.
The ballasting bit means more ballast washing. However, the screen between the oversized washing machine and the ground needs to be steepened following Monday's repairs. The issue was that the stones going over it didn't flow freely to the bottom which meant that they became piled up on the screen rather then dropping into the JCB bucket at the end of the screen. That meant that Rob and me needed to get physical with angle grinders and welders! Now that could be dangerous!
Not that I am a great welder and whilst these welds may not look pretty, they are at least strong!
We eventually got to the point where there was a much steeper screen in place.
This meant we were back in business and the ballast washing soon saw loads being tipped into the Dogfish ballast wagon.
And talking of the Dogfish ballast wagon, Loyal blog reader, Mrs. B., curious as to the terminology for naming wagons found this extensive list online which is available by clicking here. If that doesn't make you think of having a fish supper nothing else will!
And finally....Dan, one of our younger volunteers, popped in to see how things were going having driven his vintage Massey Ferguson tractor in whilst his mate followed on his bike! I think the bike may have been faster but the tractor was much more fun!
https://www.ltsv.com/rd/fishkind_list.php
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