Browsing Archive: April, 2015

Oh Snow

Posted by Rupert Connor on Sunday, April 26, 2015, In : Construction 
Having had a couple of weeks of Spring/Summer like weather our thoughts had been turning towards bridge building. It was quite a surprise to look up from typing the previous post and see that it was snowing. It's still piling up now, so no chance of concreting in our newly acquired holding down bolts for a while.


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New buffer beams for Helen

Posted by Rupert Connor on Sunday, April 26, 2015, In : Locomotives 
Recently we decided it was time to replace Helen's banana shaped buffer beams and wonky buffers. Previously the buffer beams were made of poor quality knotty softwood, and one of the front buffers was particularly squint because we had failed to notice that the bolts that hold them in place (not positioned by us!) were not in line. We hope you will agree the new steel buffer beams are an improvement.

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