Saturday Keith had cleaned and primed two of the four brake tension bars, as well as tightening all the bolts and pins on the east brake rigging.
Todays work has been more of completing areas that were missed when the sole bar was worked on. These being areas in which were unaccessible mainly due to the rigging.Other areas were the brake handle pivot support and the support for the cylinder housing, as seen in the picture below. These are now in primer and await being painted in undercoat. Hoperfully the weather will hold out.
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Whilst I was working on these areas, Keith had assigned himself the task of cleaning the brake handle. Bigger job then he expected. It seems this one was more weathered then the previous one, possibly due to being on the wagon longer without use. Once cleaned it was moved on to the adjoining conflat and painted in primer, as seen below.
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This evening has seen parts taken from the valve wheel, located at the top of the tank, cleaned. This has been done away from the site, allowing areas of A6071 to be done at different times. It also means, whilst work is being done on brakes, work is also still being done on the tank and the valve gear. Below is photo of the parts that have been cleaned. Two parts still need to be cleaned, the wheel and the main housing. These are currently located in the tool van, and will be taken home next week to be cleaned.
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There is still plenty of work to be done, and still an end is in sight for the end of year. The date for running could be sooner with more help. Please do get in contact if you would like to help, either by volunteering or by donation.
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