Wednesday the 5th July a dry start but a heavy shower popped over.

Catching up first Greg has been busy on the Morris floor and the new channel is cut to size and fits nicely the one mount needs plating as the bolt down area is thin from corrosion but it is progressing..

Winchcombe station needed a barrel stand for beside the newly built Usk building so this one got wire brushed with a rotary tool then painted.

As it is diesel gala this weekend the Scammel should be running but although we have a good spark from the king lead there is little at the plugs and running the hand near leads and distributor cap and get a shock so new cap, arm and leads the job should be done.

The Cheltenham tramway line we were given does not clean up as easily as hoped but is is getting there with a lump hammer and chisel

It is not clear to see in the pictures but the base of the right hand groove has grey metal formed into it possibly to aid noise control with steel on steel.

The large angle grinder with a cutting disc was use to cut through the nuts on the water valve pipe joints by going down the bolt the remaining nut was easy to chisel right to tighten and then they opened up and fell off followed by an application of the sledge hammer proved the bolts were very solid as they bent or peened over rather than move out

so the next thought was angle grinder again and cut into the joint to lessen the rust and hopefully get the bolts cut to separate the pipe sections o it is more manageable as a display in the area.

There was plenty of dust but disc wear meant we had to give up

After all this it is still solidly rusted solidly together so new discs needed for a deeper cut.

A stroll up the yard and we were able to fit the floor section in the carriage connector corridor this need de rusting and painting now.

A constant problem on railways is dirty carriage windows from the brake dust and engine these distract from the passengers enjoyment of the journey by train so Greg has been trying things out and it seems phosphoric acid works well so carriage and wagon are going to get some and do more testing themselves.