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Sunday, 17 August 2025

Sunday

John & Arthur working on carriage 456
Steve moving a redundant machine
With Elise watching, Richard preparing a stand/heatsink on which .....
..... to melt lead into a new fusible plug
Dennis tidying up
Mick measuring to part off another ferrule for Horden's tubes
Rob coning a ferrule
Jonny using a hand wire brush to clean threads of brass boiler plugs
Andy using a powered wire brush to clean threads of a steel bolt
Barry opening doors & welcoming passengers to Andrews House
Michael checking compartments are clear as passengers mill
Margaret at work in Andrews House shop
(photo courtesy of Rob Anderson)
Ben, Tom & David replenishing Twizell at AH
Ben checking the water level as he fills Twizell's tanks (a balance pipe connects the tanks together)
(photo courtesy of Rob Anderson)
A b&w photographer snaps David shovelling
(photo courtesy of Rob Anderson) 
Ben & Angela exchange tokens, from Gibraltar Bridge
(photo courtesy of Rob Anderson)
Ben ready to leave Sunniside
(photo courtesy of Rob Anderson)
An imposing sight at Andrews House

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