Thursday the 17th a sunny summers day for once.

Greg has been busy raiding the skips and retrieving tools that after minimal work look like new and can be offered for sale in the trusts shop at the station. A £150 income from the shop during the diesel gala and week is good for the trust.

A pair of stilsons and an engineers oil can nearly ready for sale.

I started on the donated Leckhampton Quarry rail track a wooden block levelled the concrete up then a shot blast of the worn pin and rail meant the pin could be welded in situ to make it safe as it fitted in a open ended hole..

Manufacture a stand and bond it to the rail to keep everything level and safe.

The Iron Horse Society delivered a distributor cap and rotor arm as ours was releasing electricity through the baker light and putting a hand near it resulted in a shock.

Greg has been busy forming metal for the cab floor frame this is in process of being welded up but at least the cab is now level and solidly mounted.

It was then a trip to Winchcombe to sort out some window rails in an old GWR line side shed, the rails have been made but need the ends cut to suit and the length reduced. The remains of the originals came out with a chisel and hammer.

The tin sheet will stay until the glazing is done

There is also one line side at Toddington that needs a new roof so a job for another day..

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