Hi and welcome to our weekly update from Quorn. The Lowfit has received some paint, work continues on tank 3689, and 3621’s signwriting is completed.
Mark, Tom, Oliver, Dan and Daniel did some more needle gun work on the underframe of tank 3689.
Dan did some needle gun work and red-oxide painting on a vac cylinder dome.
Charlie did some tidying up in the garage and some vac cylinders were put into storage. Ernie did some more lamp repairs.
Nick did some cleaning out of rust from under the tank supports on 3689. He also installed the new first aid equipment and notices in our Mess Coach booking-on point.
Mark, Dan, Daniel and Oliver took advantage of the warmer/dryer weather and got stuck in to applying red-oxide primer to the majority of the Lowfit wagon.
I finished off the last couple of bits of signwriting on tank 3621.
Charlie fitted a couple of the heater vents to the seat box sides in the Mess Coach.
I painted 3621’s Esso plate attachment bolts in red-oxide, and when dry applied the blue.
Ernie and myself dropped the doors and end panels on the Lowfit, wire brushed and applied undercoat the the insides of the doors.
We then raised the doors and made a start applying undercoat to the door sides and ends.
That wraps things up for this week, I’ll leave you with a pic of Standard 2 78018 steaming past our Mess Coach on her last day in service before withdrawal for overhaul.
Join us again soon; all the best, Dave
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