Hello and welcome to this week’s news from the team at Quorn. Tank 3621 is getting closer to completion, there is progress on tank 3689 and we continue with vacuum cylinder repairs.
Charlie, Dan, James and Oliver did some site tidying-up.
Mark and Tom continued with the needle gun work on tank 3689’s underframe.
Oliver and Dan helped Nick remove the spark guards from tank 3689, this will allow access the underframe areas below, and also to clean up and make any repairs to the spark guards.
I applied the Commuted Charge Cc logo to both sides of 3621.
Ernie continued with the vacuum cylinder weld repairs, with Ross helping pressure test each stage of work; the soap solution highlighting any small pinholes which were then dealt with.
The heater was put-on for a while in Test Car 2, and the previously sign-written Esso logo plates were given a light key over the front surface. Ross and I then applied a coat of gloss varnish which was left to dry overnight.
Dan cleaned up the first of the vacuum cylinders to have it’s repairs completed and tested. He then applied a coat of re-oxide primer.
Ernie continued with the second vacuum cylinder, welding and low-pressure testing for leaks. The cylinder held the low-pressure for a couple of hours confirming successful completion of the repairs.
The Empty/Load changeover symbol was applied to the east side of tank 3621.
The weather wasn’t kind to us on Sunday, however in between the showers Ross & I managed to fit the two varnished Esso plates to 3621; whilst Ernie made a start on some lamp repairs.
We set up the next two Esso plates in Test Car 2 and gave the surface a light key ready to receive their sign-written logos.
These two plates will be fitted to tank 3606 once completed.
Thanks for reading, join us again next week; all the best, Dave
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