Hello and welcome to a special Winter Steam Gala update from the team.
Throughout the weekend it’s been great to see both the tank train and the mixed freight running.
Work has continued on the Palvan B781908 with Barry, Richard, Ross and Ernie removing the East side rotten panelling. Some chisels needed a little TLC for splitting the rusted nuts.
Oliver, Tom and Mark helped Nick scraping the Palvan framework whilst Ross removed the old screws from the internal panelling framework.
The panel sizes were checked and three sheets of 3/4″ plywood were cut by Ross and myself; Oliver helping with sanding the outer face.
The cut sheets were cleaned down and propped up inside Nick’s box van. The edges and outer faces were then treated with wood primer.
The scraped framework on the Palvan was checked for correct gaps for the new panels to fit neatly. Some minor adjustment was required before a coat of red-oxide primer was applied to the inside faces of the framework.
With the Palvan framework and new side sheets painted and left to dry, our attention turned to one of the two catfish wagons that have been brought into the siding ready to start restoration work.
DB983393 will be dealt with first as this is considered to be the easier of the two restorations. DB993560 will need a greater amount of attention to the rusted and dented bodywork. Both wagons will require brake system overhaul, however to start with the team got stuck into some basic bodywork scraping.
Thanks for reading, join us again next week for the next episode of Palvan restoration; all the best, Dave
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