In anticipation of the bad weather to come I returned to the Rocks By Rail Museum on Wednesday of this week which was a decision which actually worked out for the best which is unusual for Woody! Just like the end of last year, the start of the this year saw Sammy strimmer coming out for another session of Junk Treasure Hunt in the Boneyard!
I and in fact even most of the longer serving volunteers, just don't know what is under the undergrowth but first off was the discovery of these ten slabs in good condition.
Next up were these two curiously shaped steel plates. Similar to what you might find on a steam loco but not boiler parts that anyone can recognise at the moment. No doubt they will have a use at some point even if only as some form of playground slide!
Then there were various metal parts including point rodding A three link coupling, a boiler strap, several hooks for a crane and amazingly for a railway museum, two lengths of motorway crash barrier! It is now all corralled together with the thirty or so sheets of corrugated iron that no one can recall having!
John kindly gave me a hand moving those crash barriers which are not exactly lightweight in nature!
Though the crash barrier was unusual, the prize for the most unusual item has to go to this roll of digger track links which I am guessing has something to do with the drag line or face shovel that the Museum has. However, another item no one can recall having seen!
I am about a third of the way through this clearance project so there could be more to find on my next Junk Hunt!
Meanwhile, back at the trackside, Steve and Derek are investigating the catch point and talking about relays and switches for colour light signals. All very interesting so I will await to see what comes about. Just hope theu are not expecting me to find a colour light signal in the Boneyard!
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