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Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Wednesday - moving pier waggons & digging

Colin & Julian working on AH bookcases
Terry digging to find the water pipe which feeds Andrews House
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)
Roger probing
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)
A multi hole approach to the search
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)
One end has been found
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)
Barry making an intermediate search
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)
Bait time in AH station, with our volunteers and a walking group from Newcastle
(photo courtesy of Geoff Armstrong)
A Shields pier bogie being moved to a safe location .....
..... on pieces of bullhead rail
Richard oiling another bogie .....
..... which is moved similarly onto rail
The third bogie was fragile, so we separated body from axles .....
..... moved pieces separately, then reassembled
Roger & Terry pondering heir next move
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)
Searching for a branch in the pipework
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)
Diggers proudly posing
(photo courtesy of Geoff Lowe)

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