This morning, the locos really did need cleaning after being out all day yesterday, so upon arrival I selected one of the first two booked to leave, Cheltenham, and started sprucing her up. Just to make me feel at home, she has a nice brass name plate though not cabside numbers, well you can't have everything. Not having mastered the ability of taking my own photo in front of things, I got Dan to pose by her nameplate. He protested about not actually having cleaned them himself, but I gave him some story about artistic licence along with taking journalistic liberties and while he was still trying to come up with an answer I grabbed his photo.
Back to school for Dan |
Matt, polishing up the brasswork of Foremarke Hall |
Tonia on her first cleaning turn making the PFP (5542) gleam |
Tina does her best Florence Nightingale impression |
Neil and Ian take a break from prepping 2807 |
Chris & Neil working on 2807 |
Chris & Simon, have seen the light and have been assimilated into the GWR. |
2807 & Cheltenham |
8274 moving onto one of the pits |
The Red Dragon with Ben at the controls |
Mark over-filled the tanks on 5542 |
Roger Lockyer who retired from the footplate on Friday still turned up as a crossing monitor today |
Tina & Nick take first prize in the national elephant trunk wrestling competition |
Not being a complete fool, I got Tina to damp down the coal before we set off |
Is the board on or off? John rings the bobby to find out |
Ian chilled out on crossing duty at Cheltenham |
Heading back to Toddington |
Don't look back in anger |
Tony and Cliff |
4270 playing Cinderella |
The early start had been too much for Matt, Dan seems relatively awake though |
Jonathan on crossing monitor duty at Gotherington |
2807 on freight crossed by Foremarke Hall at Gotherington |
Ian, in a rare change from being behind the camera to being in front of one |
2807 disappearing into Greet tunnel |
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