Hello and welcome to the news from Quorn; this week tank 3606 gets its identity back and we make more progress with tank 3854.
We also have news that three vehicles which have been long term residents at the GCR have now passed into Quorn Wagon & Wagon custodianship. These being 20T tank wagon A6071, 22T Lowmac EO DE269001 and 20T Herring Ballast Hopper DB992447. More details of each wagon can be seen by clicking each text link above.
Dan and myself made a start preparing the pre-printed templates, measuring and marking out for the lettering on 3606. It quickly became clear that we had bit of a problem with an somewhat errantly placed OHL warning plate on one side of 3606. Measuring up all the other wagons of this type confirmed that the plate is some 12″ further to the left therefore clashing with the Esso Petroleum barrel side lettering. This may indicate that this particular tank did not originally have the full Esso Petroleum lettering (not all did).
After much discussion (and cursing that we had not picked this up before we applied the paint), we decided that it would be easier to remove the plate, grind the welds flush and patch-in the paintwork. A replacement OHL warning plate will be created by signwriting further along the barrel to match the other wagons.
Dan then started the west side solebar lettering whilst I concentrated on the running numbers.
Ross, Harry, Charlie and Daniel got to work overhauling the next vacuum cylinder which will be fitted to tank 3854 in due course.
Work continued on repairs to 3854s spark guard plates.
Mark, Oliver and Tom made good progress with paint stripping on tank 3854, whilst James had a lesson in axlebox painting.
The tank end running numbers were also applied before the weather turned on us again.
The broken label clips on both sides of 3606 were replaced with serviceable spares; both being somewhat stubborn to remove due to corroded bolts.
Thanks for reading, join us again next week; all the very best, Dave
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