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Thursday, 24 May 2018

Around the Railway

Jonny fitting firebars in 49's firebox
Peter fettling a vacuum pipe bracket for Horden
Malcolm & Dennis fitting vacuum pipework on Horden
Jim drilling Horden's smokebox door
The Husky on the way to East Tanfield
I'm removing partly broken tree branches in Causey Woods .....
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)
..... & drilling a rail end in ET shed
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)
Dave & Colin working on the same joints - connecting 85 lb/yd FB to 90 lb/yd BH
Rob & Bill about to assist
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)
Concrete has arrived
The mix is drier today, making it harder to shovel & spread
Colin, Dave & Ian shovelling
Rob on the vibrating poker
Bill washing out the dumper
Ian, Rob & Dave setting up a string line for more formers
Preparing to lift a timber up to the chairs
Lifted, drilled, cleaned & ferruled
Dave screwing down
Another chair being fastened down
Checking tightness of fishplate bolts
The Husky at Terrace Junction, brought back for moving coal (soon to be delivered from Merthyr Tydfil) to Andrews House

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