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Sunday, 2 July 2023

Sunday

Matt oiling between Cochrane's frames
Angela the guard cleaning carriages
Guy & Duncan at the ground frame as Philip passes on AW No.2 after shunting carriages .....
..... for Matt & Jonny to collect with Cochrane
Matt on the injector, Jonny & Duncan exchanging tokens, signalman Guy observing
Philip guiding Richard shunting locos between carriage shed roads
No.35 fetching 49 for AW No.2 to propel into the carriage shed, where 49 will be painted
Tom, Jim & Andy setting up Twizell's new smokebox door for hinge work
Mick working on the inner door plate for Twizell
Oliver & Oliver removing Horden's ashpan bottom & firebars, for access to fit a brick arch
Philip fitting Horden's spark arrestor
Jonny coaling & Matt watering Cochrane at Andrews House
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)
Trainee guard Peter flagging departure of the train
Jonny bringing Cochrane onto the train at Sunniside .....
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)
..... while Matt waits to couple loco to train
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)
Matt shutting off the injector as Jonny takes Cochrane ......
..... under an audience on the footbridge at Andrews House
Brian & Neil steaming & testing No.6
Andy getting ready to assist Tom & Chris removing Stanley's RH connecting rod .....
..... aiming to remove the crosshead .....
..... for attention to wear to the little end
Bobby & Cain working on pipework for putting water into Horden's ashpan
Ben & Oliver removing overlaps from AW No.2's brake blocks
Alex trowelling foundry cement onto firebricks, to be handed to Logan in Horden's firebox
(photo courtesy of Oliver Humphries)

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