Following a short break over New Years volunteers were back in the workshop from the 2nd Jan to carry on working on the brake coach
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| Another rotten section cleaned up ready for cutting on one of the east side doors |
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| Measuring and marking replacement metal for cutting to size |
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| Patch welded in |
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| Ground flat, ready for filler |
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| Adam (L) and Thomas (R) removing the centre wall from the guards comparment |
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| Michael sizing up replacement metal for the metal step on the guards compartment's west side double doors |
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| Clamped in position and ready for welding |
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| Welded in |
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| Thomas painting the north end interior wall with bitumen |
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| Adam working on removing the vacuum pipe |
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| Heating up a seized nut |
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| Robert working on removing a cut down pipe from inside a valve which was removed from the vacuum system |
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| Jean varnishing wood pieces from the interior of the carriage, including window and door framework |
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| Steve starts his next patch |
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| New metal cleaned up and ready to go. Thankfully we have about half a dozen of these templates to fit around the window tops and bottoms in storage |
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| Rotten section marked out for cutting |
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| Cut out |
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| New piece in place ready for welding |
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| Tacked in place |
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| Welded in |
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| Ground back and ready for filler |
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