A mild day saw a good number of volunteers on site, with a variety of tasks undertaken.
Jim got more courses of the walls built that will support the signal frame. This part of the project is advancing steadily and a couple more weeks should see the work complete.
The other part of this project is to strip the lever frame down and return it to working order. This will be a major task as the lever frame has been exposed to the elements for a long time. All the top covers were removed and the end cover loosened off, a fairly slow job as everything was pretty well rusted together. By the end of the day the end cover of the frame was removed and the next couple of weeks should see the frame stripped into its component parts.
Work continued on the bake van with the focus on the inside of the van. Davie was working on the LMS wagon removing more of the planking.
A start was made to a large tidy up of the site, which will ensure that the area will look much better for the new season.
Work underway to strip the lever frame down.
After a long period of exposure to the elements stripping the frame down will provide quite a challenge.
With the top plates removed work is focused on splitting the frame into individual units so they can be cleaned and restored.
A small box on the back of the frame, we still need to work out exactly what it does.
The first section of the frame removed exposing the lever.
The removed end section of the lever frame.
Part of the interlocking mechanism at the back of the frame. This will be an area that requires a great deal of work.