November update No. 2
15/11/07 22:50 Filed in: News
5199
We had a wet weekend due the rain and a good soaking from the pressure washer. The hardcore few of Richard Pumphrey and myself, with Mick Prior joining us on the Sunday, got the jobs done, with a little help from the pannier tank lads, Mike Watts, Gareth Roberts (of the gala website) and Roger etc, who all lent a hand in removing the axleboxes.
Once this was finished we then found out the steam cleaner wasn't steaming, but was pressure washing. In the end it did the job of removing all the muck and grime from the five wheelsets.
The wheels were due to be collected today, the 15th November.
Stocking the stand
So far we have been quite successful in bidding on Ebay for collections of railway books to re-stock the stand, unfortunately for Hugh Shipton they all seem to need collecting in his neighborhood, we guess he dreads the phone ringing another with " can you collect?" or "how far from you is such a place?"
So a big thanks to Hugh for picking them up.
If anyone has any railway books, videos, DVD's or other salable items they would like to donate to us to help raise money for 6880 then please let us know. We are looking at Warley as a profitable venue, but we also have to keep in mind the next West Somerset Railway and Llangollen Galas.
6880
There is not much to report on construction, this time, but there has been some activity behind the scenes. Craig has just finished a new leaflet, this should be available for Warley, and B&Rs long waited DVD has now been passed to Quentin and myself for review. We are impressed, and are sure it will be well received.
We will be returning to construction work in the new year, but will have to prioritise putting 5199 back together when the wheelsets arrive back from their re-tiring.
Richard said on Saturday "he's itching to get stuck into building 6880 again", I think we all are!
Will Naylor
We had a wet weekend due the rain and a good soaking from the pressure washer. The hardcore few of Richard Pumphrey and myself, with Mick Prior joining us on the Sunday, got the jobs done, with a little help from the pannier tank lads, Mike Watts, Gareth Roberts (of the gala website) and Roger etc, who all lent a hand in removing the axleboxes.
Once this was finished we then found out the steam cleaner wasn't steaming, but was pressure washing. In the end it did the job of removing all the muck and grime from the five wheelsets.
The wheels were due to be collected today, the 15th November.
Stocking the stand
So far we have been quite successful in bidding on Ebay for collections of railway books to re-stock the stand, unfortunately for Hugh Shipton they all seem to need collecting in his neighborhood, we guess he dreads the phone ringing another with " can you collect?" or "how far from you is such a place?"
So a big thanks to Hugh for picking them up.
If anyone has any railway books, videos, DVD's or other salable items they would like to donate to us to help raise money for 6880 then please let us know. We are looking at Warley as a profitable venue, but we also have to keep in mind the next West Somerset Railway and Llangollen Galas.
6880
There is not much to report on construction, this time, but there has been some activity behind the scenes. Craig has just finished a new leaflet, this should be available for Warley, and B&Rs long waited DVD has now been passed to Quentin and myself for review. We are impressed, and are sure it will be well received.
We will be returning to construction work in the new year, but will have to prioritise putting 5199 back together when the wheelsets arrive back from their re-tiring.
Richard said on Saturday "he's itching to get stuck into building 6880 again", I think we all are!
Will Naylor