Hello all, and welcome to this week’s update. This week, both tanks are in the shed slowly getting to the stage that its just signwriting to progress. We’ve also updated our stocklist this week, which should be more refelctive of our fleet.
Tom and Barry popped in on Thursday to paint some of the details on 3777. Between them, they painted the yellow on the axle box end caps and main res pipe couplings; the white gloss on the handbrake ends, lamp brackets and air brake cocks; and then the red on the vacuum swanneck and the air brake pipe coupling.
Dave sorted out the templates for 3777 in the week as well, taking a fair while to piece together.
One of the last mechanical jobs on 3777 was the vacuum brake cylinder overhaul. Nick, Barry and I tackled it, finding a cylinder that was in good condition internally and went back together without any issues.
On Sunday, it was signwriting day for Dave and I on A6090. Dave started with one of the big Esso logos, while I did some some more solebar writing. Once done, I moved onto the other Esso logo while Dave painted the number and Esso address.
Mark and Tom painted the final section of underframe around the re-fitted vacuum cylinder, both into undercaot then gloss. Tom also started scraping and cleaning both ends, before applying some paint.
Tom oiled up the brake rigging on both tanks. Nick and Oliver finished the vacuum system by connecting the flexible hose to the train pipe.
Dan picked out the the builders plate on 3777, picked out the SKF lettering on the bearing end caps and then painted the release chord stars on both solebars. He was even caught painting with a cat on his lap!
That about wraps up this week, we’ve still got a fair way to go on the signwriting but we’ve made a good dent in A6090. Join us again next week to see what we get up to.
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