Wednesday Gang!

Some volunteers turned up in their Speedos today expecting sunshine - not quite the blazing hot day forecast, but 19 troops were on site, focused on the bricklaying on  platform 2.

 A couple of smiles that we were all pleased to see........

Also 2 teams of brick cleaners were in action, replenishing the stock of reds. I am sure we will have enough to finish this section of wall, and the Mythe bricks will be arriving in 4 weeks.












 Farther down the the line Bob Jones was ploughing a loan furrow with the next section of corbelling. It looks a treat.











On other fronts, Peter Quick put the new floor in the phone box which is now virtually complete, apart from the lighting.
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Many other small  tasks were completed also, shelves put up, signs painted, Joyce's bric a brac retrieved from Toddington -  all vital to progress, but beyond Jo's camera....

After tea break this morning we had meeting of minds, to discuss how we could offer some assistance at Cheltenham to get the CRC Platform 2 wall underway without slowing momentum at Broadway. I came away with some ideas and a tentative plan to gives some assistance with bricklaying, until such time as Cheltenham has its own bricklaying resource.




Finally a request from Jo:-

We have been given this regulator for sale, but do not know from which engine (type) it came. Can anyone help?

The shape is very similar to the regulator in the Pannier tank that came. There is one difference though – there is a spring loaded catch at one end, which I have not seen before.

After cleaning, we found two numbers stamped on it:

6062 crossed out, replaced by 6142. The latter was a GWR tank loco, the former does not seem to exist as a number.

Who can say more about it? Any offers to buy it? All proceeds will go to the Broadway project.

Any help gratefully received!