You don't hear the phrase 'And in this photo I was 90.' very often. In fact I don't think I have ever heard it before. However, at the Rocks By Rail Museum we are lucky enough to have Ray as a volunteer. I have posted about him before - see that by clicking here - and Ray is now 94 but still acts as though he is just 60! I walked in to the cafe at the Museum today to find Ray going through a photo album of his with some of the other volunteers.
Some of the photos in there were over 100 years old but Ray could recall all the names and the detail behind them including this one of the pub that his family ran and in the 1950s they collected pennies to stick on the pub mirror before donating them to the local children.
AS I seem to be the expert on vegetational butchery we need a n expert on actually nuturing vegetation which is where Geoff comes in with his planting skills seeing some delightful colour along the platform area.
Meanwhile, in the Restoration shed, things are moving on with the re-tubing of loco 1931 but just not in ways that are visable as the work is de-rusting the lower part of the boiler. I had a long chat with John who has worked with steam locomotives and traction engines for much of his life and learnt a great deal about the stresses and strains a boiler goes throuh as it is heated to create steam. I can certainly understand why the steel plate is so thick and why inspections are important.
Over the over side of the tracks work was going on with the brakes for Graham the Sentinel. It seems like thick steel is required for that as well as John and Hazel struggle carrying this brake linkage part.
Having done whatever it was to it, John is now building himself up to refitting the part!
With all these locos out of the Exhibition Centre to allow Graham to come out...
...the middle road of the building was empty...
...there was suddenly the opportunity to admire some of the locos full side on which gives a different view.
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