This time though, productivity on the destruction front would be double!

 There has ben a bit of tidying going on at the rocks By rail Museum!

The Restoration Shed was particularly tidy with all the stuff that has found its way onto the rolling stock removed although I am not sure where it has ended up!

 Even the platform planters are being spruced up with new wooden planting boxes replacing the tired plastic ones.

White paint is being applied to various things too!

Even this buffer head got the treatment presumably so that guests see it and don't bump into it!

Continuing with this theme of tidying, it was time to do some more vegetational butchery! This time though, productivity on the destruction front would be double as loyal blog reader Mrs. B was at the Museum looking for something to do. Well, that looking was soon sorted as a quick tutorial on the controls of Morris Mower saw Mrs. B head off into the jungle of vegetation with Morris leaving me to do some much needed strimming with Sammy Strimmer!

So this....

Became this...

It may not look much but there were brambles, ivy and grass engorging the track side and wheels of the rolling stock so it at least looks neater.

More work with Sammy saw this....

become this...

I know that vegetation has not been dealt with for at least five years! Looks neater now though!

You always find odd things when wandering around the site such as this old birds nest made on the chassis of one of the wagons.

I also got a chance to take a look at some of the rolling stock I never normally get to see cloose up such as this bogie flat.

It may not have moved in a few years but it will be needed to move rail and sleepers once the passing loop is started at the end of the line.

Something that probably has no likely future service is this coach which unfortunately was vandalised some years ago.

Something I would like to see come back into service is this rather unique rake of side tipping wagons.

As a rake of 6 wagons they would look stunning restored and running behind one of the locos. The chassis are fine on the wagons but the bodies would need a lot of work to bring them back to life.

Whilst I imagined the fully restored wagons running Mrs. B had run out of petrol for mowing but had done a great job in keeping the place looking tidy. At this rate we may run out of jobs to do!