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June 2005

1st June 2005

The first working party of June was on Saturday 11th when some work in No. 1 nose was carried out. The floor had more of the rust cleared and then the floor was painted with anti-corrosive paint. More work was carried out under the cab floor in No. 1 cab - mainly painting pipes in undercoat. A Class 47 NRN aerial was added to No. 2 nose to replace the hole that was previously there! The Class 47 aerial looks okay but not as good as a proper Class 37 vertical aerial would - any offers anyone? Sunday 12th saw four people on site working on '254 (Doug, Joan Chris and new volunteer Alan). More painting in No. 1 nose was undertaken including starting to paint some pipework in undercoat. Needle-gunning of one of the last bits of floor in No. 1 cab took place together with more painting of pipework in the same area. All but four bodyside filter trays were removed from the nose end side doors - one door refused to open and this will be dealt with at a later date. Alan assisted Doug with various tasks including maintenance of our working platform. Joan carried out the most important of jobs - that of feeding and watering the troops as well as some gardening work. Alan spent half of the day removing the sandite encrusted on the locomotive's underside. Doug commenced clearing No. 2 nose ready for work on the floor and pipework to commence. When the loco had been spray painted at Barrow Hill, the sight glasses on the exhausters had been sprayed as well so the paint was removed whilst Doug was in the nose. Monday 20th saw Doug, John and Chris up at C.F. Booth scrapyard in Rotherham, South Yorkshire obtaining parts from 37068, 37334 and 37344 which are on site waiting for scrap. We had arranged to visit on this day and were made very welcome by all of the Staff at C.F. Booth. A large number of parts were purchased and brought back to our site the next day. Saturday 25th was a very early start for Dan, John and Chris with them leaving home just after 02:00 to make a return visit to C.F. Booth scrapyard. Yet more parts were purchased including a urinal which will be refitted eventually - who gets to test that it works is still to be decided!! There was a working party on the loco on Sunday 26th with Doug, Joan, Alan, Dan, John and Chris on site - almost a record? Alan was working in Number Two nose cleaning the floor and preparing it for a coat of paint. Doug removed one of the broken sanding pipes and replaced it with one of the new sandpipes that we had just purchased from C.F. Booth. Doug also added more sanding equipment recently purchased. Joan did a superb job on keeping the site tidy and supplying excellent food and drink. John and Chris modified the storage container as well as re-aligning it slightly. John was back up at Rotherham again on the 29th and 30th removing yet more usefull parts. Thursday 30th saw the repaired heat exchanger returned from Serck - some minor work was perfomed to get it back to full health. Pictures from the scrapyard at Rotherham have been given permission to be published by C.F. Booth. Thanks to Doug for most of the shots for this month!

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