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October 2005

1st October 2005

The 2nd of October saw Adrian, Alan, Dan, Doug, Joan, John and Chris on site - must be a record attendance? Doug worked on removing the rust from the step at Number 2 end Driver's side and then painted it with Joan's help. This is readying the step to receive the newly-arrived steelwork to finally cover up the gap and keep out the elements. As well as numerous other painting jobs, Joan cooked a superb lunch as well. Joan also did some work on the track towards the end of the day. Alan drilled then tapped-out a couple more holes for securing the cab floor and then coated the newly-installed plate on the floor with anti-corrosive primer. Adrian removed some of the life-expired platework from the step at Number 1 end, Secondman's side. John and Dan stripped and then painted numerous items in the container. Dan also completed the rebuild of the hotplate (again)! John ground a lot of the welds on Number 1 nose back to a smooth surface. Chris worked on various painting jobs and also replaced some of the turbocharger pipework with some that we had purchased from C.F. Booth at Rotherham.

On Tuesday 4th, Moff and Chris put in a couple of hours work grinding some of the welds off and then covering them with anti-corrosive primer.

Sunday 9th was quiet with only Alan and Chris on site. Alan commenced screwing the floor down and good it looks too! Alan straightened out one of the floor members that had become bent over the years. Chris completed the paintwork where the platework is missing on the outside of Number 2 cab's Secondman's side. Chris then removed the rust from the step area of Number 1 cab's Secondman's side and then painted the area together with a bit more work at Number 2 end Driver's side.

Tuesday 11th saw the newly-primed floor crossmembers in Number 1 cab repainted with undercoat.

The crossmembers painted on Tuesday 11th were painted with top coat on Thursday 13th.

There were four members of the working party on Sunday 16th (Joan, Doug, Alan and Chris). Alan continued his project of flooring the cab at Number 1 end, Joan yet again provided a perfect bite to eat at lunchtime as well as preparing some of the surfaces in the engine room for painting. Doug worked in Number 2 cab clearing some of the accumulated debris from under the cab floor as well as assisting Joan in the engine room. Chris also worked in the engineroom getting new flooring ready to go behind the big ballast weight that is near the batteries - part of the chequerplate camefrom scrapped 47052! Chris also painted some pipework on the outside of the loco as well as assisting Alan with Number 1 cab. Thanks must go to Chris McNaughton for his ideas on drilling the holes in the new floorboards in the correct location - simple but very effective!

Thursday 27th saw Alan beavering away in Number 1 cab fixing more floor panels to the floor crossmembers.

On Sunday 30th, a new toy arrived on site - a hoover! Don't panic, it isn't a Class 50 but a plain old hoover to replace the two that failed on the last weekend working party two weeks ago. Joan and Doug removed more debris from the floor in the engine room. The area being worked on was behind the ballast weight where the boiler would have been situated. The area was cleared of rust and debris then painted with anti-corrosive paint. Chris and Adrian measured then cut some more flooring material ready to fit above the area where Joan and Doug had been working. Chris painted the ballast weight near the batteries as it had become very dirty over the years and will be the location for a workbench eventually. Alan spent another day working on the cab floor in Number 1 cab and at the end of the day, only 5 panels needed fixing. A crew seat was added in Number 1 cab to ensure that the holes in the floor were in the correct place. Joan cooked her usual splendid lunch - soon be time for soup as it is getting towards Winter.

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