I had a day at the Rocks By Rail Museum where with the closed season upon us, volunteers get down to various maintenance jobs and projects for next season. Rob is busy getting some new robust water pipes onto the engine of the Coles Crane. The old ones are showing their age and are unlikely to see a Winter through. These new ones should last a long time but need a fair amount of work to make them fit.
Meanwhile Pam and Pete were inside the cab of Sundew which was a 1957 walking drag line excavator. Their mission was both to clear the flies that seem to have set up home in the relative warmth of the cab and give the inside a repaint.
Back in the Restoration Shed I kept John company as he removed the years of cement from the cab roof of Ketton No3. The cement was from its days at Ketton Cement works and it is incredibly difficult to remove.
Things must be moving on with this loco as these vintage air horns have appeared awaiting fitting probably to the cab roof.
For me, it was another day of hammering trying to get the cover door to the hydraulic tank on Harriot the JCB. I have managed to get it a bit more straight using both hammer and carefully placed angle grinder cuts that are welded up later.
It actually is beginning to line up with the existing body work. Just needs some more hammering!!!
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