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March 2005

1st March 2005

Well, it is now over two years since the loco was purchased and in some respects we have done well and in others progress has been slow. March saw the arrival of quite heavy snow and the thought of working in the very cold temperatures stopped some of us from working whilst the snow was present. The interior of the fan drive shaft covers were cleaned up and painted in undercoat on the 6th - what else is there to do on Mothers Day? Alterations to the electrical system in the store were also carried out on the same day. Sunday 12th saw the exterior of the fan shaft covers undercoated. Some of the spares that we have accumulated over time were dismantled today - a damaged headlight from a Class 47 was stripped of any usable parts and the rest disposed of. Some heaters that we purchased from the scrapman when 37054 was scrapped were removed from the panels they were mounted on (we were unable to remove the heaters from the panels at Glasgow and so we had to get the complete panels cut out of 37054)! A couple of hours were spent on Monday 14th top-coating the fan shaft covers on the inside. The two small covers were painted on both sides. Wednesday saw the painting of the fan shaft covers completed. A start was made on overhauling one of the heater resistors. Thursday 18th saw preparation work for the long-awaited welding of the headcode box at No. 1 end. The Bank Holiday saw Moff putting in a long-awaited appearance to commence the welding of the bottom of the headcode box at Number 1 end. Moff managed about two thirds of the welding during the long weekend.

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