Hello everyone! This week at Quorn the team have been working on getting B954268 and B852838 ready for traffic at the Last Hurrah.
Saturday saw the team working on B954268, which is due back into traffic on the van train at the Last Hurrah gala next weekend. As detailed by C&W on their facebook page, the van has received its new wheelsets, had the brakes re-assembled and then a successful test run to Leicester North and back. upon inspection at Quorn the roof of the van was found to be leaking, so a temporary repair was fashioned to see the van through next weekend. The van is due to be withdrawn after the gala for restoration, and obviously a new roof.
Some of the bow girder safety loops were also adjusted on the van to remove restrictions on their travel when the handbrake was released. The smaller of our scaffold towers has also been dismantled and stored for winter.
With the tanks having made their way to Rothley, and rain falling from the sky on Sunday morning, Barry and I busied ourselves fitting the final two lights in the GUV, which is now all LED lit. The environment is much brighter and the lighting system draws a fair amount less power. Next step for this vehicle is to fit some new batteries.
For the afternoon Nick and I attended to the brake adjustment on B852838, which was found to be out of adjustment for its annual exam. All for push rods were adjusted by half a hole which removed the slack from the system.
That wraps up this week’s update, next weekend the Vans and the Mixed goods will be running at what is the last gala of the year for the railway. We should be getting B781908 up from Swithland to start on plus we’ve still got the tanks up at Rothley. Thanks for reading!
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