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 Week Commencing 21st September 2026

Monday

Bit short on numbers this week 3 on Monday and 3 on Wednesday ! 

Kevin was helping Neal and his fellow workers with a bit of riveting , that's Kev up on the boards in the orange  .Something different for Kev.

Nothing different for Chris seen deep in the undergrowth in the car park garden.

A visit from the railways weed killing train .

Wednesday.

Over on platform 2,  Riveting and brick laying continues .

Monday saw us getting " Little Broadway " ready for its trip to Toddington to be shown at the Model Railway Show . Everything was cleaned up and everything needed was packed away. it was to be transported to Toddington on train 2 . It did cause quite a stir being out on the platform .

Would it fit through the doors ? Only just another 1/2 inch and we would have had to call the whole thing off.

We made it, Ian and Kevin check everything is in one piece , It survived and now the long carry to the diesel shed where we will be over the weekend.

Real trains out today were Betton Grange and the Black 5

As I mentioned we will be in the Diesel Shed this weekend , come and have a chat and see Little Broadway in action. 

Dave

Autumn Tidy Up

 Week Commencing 7th September 2026

Monday

Grass in places has finally appeared , still a bit patchy , but Ron was out with the mower to keep it in check.

I had to take  " Billy  " out for a walk on the drive , needles are dropping regularly now its Autumn .

The wooden trough was getting filled with small trees which have come out of some plastic pots .

A find behind the fuel store, a boundary post got pulled out and put on the bench,  ready to be renovated , a correct date on this one than the one that's been put on the drive.

Hopefully only one session on the back behind platform 1 , little and often.

Wednesday

Back from a gas bottle change and meeting , i found young Dave on the drive doing it the old way .

A tidy up job behind the old office , the Heras fencing which had been stored there when not needed , it had fallen over and made cutting the grass a problem , it was decided to move it elsewhere .

Down to behind the slabs for now , probably ready for the scrap lorry !

Chris carried on etch priming the lamp tops .

Kevin was turning his home made compost heaps .

Ian was giving the boundary post a coat of black paint after a severe rubbing down. Just need to stick it the ground somewhere ( answers on a post card )

Talking of answers on a post card , please caption this , Chris taking a break. !

Locos around today were 2807 and 3850

Dave

Short week

 Week Commencing 31st August 2026

Wednesday

Damp old day , 6 in today .

It was a welcome back for Ron  , he's always game for going up ladders .

The Guttering outside of the Kitchen gets blocked at this time of the year and needs a good clearing out , up you go Ron.

A new wooden trough has been built to replace some of the plastic pots .

Platform 2 and the drive were cleared of yet more dropped needles , too wet to get Billy out so it was done by the old fashion method.

Ron returning with another barrow full.

Over on platform 2 , quiet today ! but the corbelling at the rear is nearly finished .

 Back to steam this week with 2807 and 3850 doing the shifts.

Dave

A Change in the Weather

 Week Commencing 24th August 2026

Monday

Four around this Monday , plus a visit from a potential newcomer !  

Sun shining on platform 2 , the roof structure was slowly being bolted up, and work on the brick work at the back continued.

Chris was weeding on the car park garden.

We were asked to fit this little signs in the Gents and ladies toilets ! Some people do need telling ! Shame though .

Time to fix our warped bench top , Strip and refit always works .

Wednesday

Back up to 5 

Kevin had started to trim the hedge on Monday , finished it off on the Wednesday , bonfire grows bigger ! 

A job that needed doing was to treat our spare lamps with Etch primer before copper tarnished. Chris had the task .

Behind him on the cutting , the brush cutting was in full swing . After my 3rd slip , that was enough of that for the day !

Young Dave and myself then took to cutting down some ash and elderflower trees on the embankment , whilst down below us Ian gave the drive a brush down.

After all that brushing , Chris eventually got to put his feet up !

The 2 Diesels on duty today were the 45 and 37.

Dave

A Bit of a Distraction !

 Week Commencing 17th August 2026

Monday

The day of the roof structure being delivered and its erection.

First thing before it happened .

From down by our workshop , Do think his Jib was long enough ?

And the result , a perfect fit .Well done to Neil and his team .

We did manage to do some work in between the watching of the proceedings 

The weather has had an effect on the Kitchen door , making it stick on the concrete in places , door had to be taken off and the bottom rubbed down .

Outside the drain had blocked up again with pine needles , after just one shower !

Chris battled with the weeds in the memorial garden .

Wednesday

A few more in today , mostly working on gardening stuff .

Kevin had help with the watering , which takes a few hours nowadays .

We hope to show " Little Broadway " at Septembers GWSR Model railway show , still things to sort out to get it there , but the afternoon saw the first train to complete a round on the down line.

 Outside in the real world , the 2 Class 37`s were doing their Turns,

Dave

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