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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog: July 2015
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog. Monday, 27 July 2015. Play Day for the PFP. Before that though, the last blog post feature on 35006 having passed her boiler test prompted Roger to send me the following photo of Ian setting 35006's safety valves. Photo courtesy of Roger Bush. Not a job for the faint hearted. Chris cleans the PFP in the damp. The only other train running on the blue timetable was the DMU, which we crossed at Winchcombe. Tony exchanges tokens with Bob. At the end ...
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog: August 2014
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog. Tuesday, 26 August 2014. On Holiday in Norfolk. 0h my God it's early! Wood stacked by the cab and a bucket of oily rags. Once the fireman has been provided with all that is needed to get the fire going, the cleaner can then turn their attention to cleaning the loco. Familiarisation with the oil store and where to find the necessary cleaning materials is a good start:. Buckets for hot soapy water and scissors/knife for cutting up cleaning rags.
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog: May 2014
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog. Tuesday, 27 May 2014. Monday was of course the last day of the Back to Black gala, just for once, it wasn't raining when I turned up at 05:00. To help some of the crews fit in with their working hours limits, I had been assigned to start off by lighting up our own resident 8F. I did the same thing last year as I recollect. DMLL members/directors, Mike, Mark and Neil with their locos. L-r) 7820, 3850 and 2874. Andy, Ben and 1501. It was at about t...
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog: Collateral Damage
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog. Monday, 17 August 2015. After what was purportedly a whole month's worth of rain delivered in a two day period, Saturday was a blessed relief, without the slightest hint of precipitation. Hopefully the rains had arrived late enough in the week for this new patch of concrete outside the David Page shed to have cured after being poured on Monday. Building up the apron outside the David Page shed. New concrete inside the shed. Sean oiling up 5542.
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog: February 2015
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog. Monday, 23 February 2015. Pirates, Pandas and Pictures of the Past. Sometimes I think we need a bigger car park. Whilst we're on the subject of Foremarke Hall, most of her front coupling has been replaced, as well as the front draw hook. In the machine shop, about to have the shackle pressed and pinned in place. Later on, after pressing, complete with the new draw hook. Fitted and ready for painting. The first task on the list was to get the sand...
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog: September 2014
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog. Tuesday, 16 September 2014. Washing over the boiler barrel. You never seem to quite escape from being a cleaner it seems. Steve gave the motion and some of the brass a going over too. L-R), Chris, Neil and Ian with the unidentified classic car. Being more of a 2 wheeled enthusiast, I had no difficulty identifying this rather nice BSA A10 though. 1960 BSA A10 and owner. It was this big! Crossing 4270 at Winchcombe. Steve in the office. I get the i...
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog: August 2015
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog. Tuesday, 25 August 2015. Buckets, Spades and Steam. Number 9, feeling a bit sorry for itself. Plans were hatched to kidnap Union of South Africa and take her back to Toddington with us. Sadly there wasn't enough room in the boot of my car. Dan was keen to try out the driver's side of the cab for size. The South Devon Railway is very well equipped for all manner of work with wheels. Turning a new tyre. Furnace for expanding tyres to fit onto wheels.
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog: No lions at Toddington
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog. Monday, 3 August 2015. No lions at Toddington. Nobody informed in me in advance, but it turns out thet there was a "Mr Universe" style challenge taking place at Toddington on Saturday. The challenge was for one person to single handedly push Foremarke Hall's tender in and out of the David Page shed. Steve had a go at it first:. Steve, putting his back into it. John had a go at pushing it back in a little later on. Joihn, pushing it back. Most mem...
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog: November 2014
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog. Monday, 24 November 2014. Steam Loco Dept on Tour - Part Two. It's been three weeks now since the steam loco dept's weekend away in mid-Wales playing with some rather delightful narrow gauge locos, but I've finally got around to catching up with the second and last railway that we visited, the Vale of Rheidol. As if I'd forget my camera. Will describing the finer points of number 9. All three locos were built by GWR and were sent back to Swindon ...
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog: October 2014
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam Loco Dept Blog. Tuesday, 28 October 2014. Having a wedding to attend on Saturday, plan A was to go to Toddington on Sunday and spend the day helping out with stripping down 2874 in readiness for a boiler lift before the end of the year. As usual with my plans, the wheels fell off, though on this occasion in a good way. Ben who had. Dinmore Manor on the old pit. Apparently we should have gone nearly twenty minutes ago. Impressed with the GWR and GWSR. Sean was ar...
