{"id":42474,"date":"2024-05-13T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=e932ca61a857d120d53f496674fd997c"},"modified":"2024-05-13T07:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T21:56:00","slug":"saturday-11th-a-new-arrival-and-gala-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=42474","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 11th – A new arrival and gala prep"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Starting off upstairs where the team were in full flow, with seats for the SO being stripped down and a start on another contract job for the Dean Forest.<\/div>\n

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Here’s the first seat, that headrest is quite the construction, well done John!<\/div>\n

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Outside it was a pleasant day for some gala prep shunting as P&O drifts past – for the steam gala 4 rakes of coaches are out, the third and fourth having 5 carriages apiece.<\/div>\n

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Onto the RBr then, and Robert was making progress with the Cotswold emergency door.<\/div>\n

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This bit still needed some adjustment.<\/div>\n
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Inside Marcus is doing a great job fitting the radiators.<\/div>\n
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After shunting was over, the dirty gang set up camp out the end of the barn with the radiator grill covers to give them a good thorough cleanup before repainting.<\/div>\n

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It was just Simon on the FK today but the South vestibule looks to be coming together nicely.<\/div>\n
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Kev was oing a great job keeping on top of stores as usual, going up in the world here!<\/div>\n
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James was on SO 4798, making good progress in replacing the steel skeleton around the windows where it had rusted away.<\/div>\n

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John was made a nifty tool for the fly press that formed the panel shape around the window where it goes from continuous tumblehome to flat for the window glass.<\/div>\n

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So the new arrival, just as we were ambling up to the station for our lunch the rumble of the Cl.37 on a rather light load.<\/div>\n

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BCK 21272 arrived at Toddington from West Somerset yesterday.<\/div>\n

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And very smart it looks too. It was refurbished just last year.<\/div>\n
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It was soon brought into the jack road for a once over as there are a few minor things we want to do on it before releasing it into traffic.<\/div>\n
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I couldn’t get the lights on to take a decent picture of the interior but the upholstery inside is tip top.<\/div>\n

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I spent the first part of my day giving the roof of the plywood van a coat of paint, hopefully that should arrest some early signs of leakage.<\/div>\n

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And George finished off painting the underframe.<\/div>\n

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After Stuart and I measured the wheels and gave them the ok, starfish 100839 will be joining the gala freight train. There’s not enough time for a repaint, and in any case I’m holding onto that project for now for another purpose. Anyway, apart from a couple of mechanical bits and pieces that need doing, it would be presentable enough for now if we scrubbed the moss and algae off it, so Paul, Maurice and I set to it in the sun.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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