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A cold but bright day with plenty of sunshine gave the mid‑week team a good chance to continue outdoor work while the weather held.The long‑overdue repaint of the mini‑digger finally began—despite some light‑hearted attempts to convince the painter to add wasp stripes and go‑faster lines. Nearby, cleaning work started on the chassis of the dough […]

A full team braved a cold, windy and wet day, managing to dodge the worst of the showers and keep outdoor work moving. The day began with loading the ballast wagon and shifting fill material to the area outside one of the sheds, while another wagon was lifted onto the hoists ready for chassis work. […]

A misty, damp but warm day didn’t slow things down, even with a smaller Saturday team. Plenty of steady progress was made across several areas.Work continued on installing the timber purlins for the new shed. The salvaged timber from New Hill proved long enough to span one and a half bays, meaning the twelve recovered […]

A welcome break from the recent unsettled weather made for a warm, dry day on site. With the full mid‑week team in, the main focus was on fitting the roof timbers for one of the sheds.One volunteer wrapped up some final paint touch‑ups on a boiler before moving on to tidy up the mini‑digger. Two […]

A bright, dry and slightly cooler day brought a full team on site, which meant plenty of outdoor work could move forward. With the first phase of tasks edging toward completion, everyone made the most of the settled weather.The site machine was used to fill the ballast wagon twice and to move more material to […]

A bright and warm day on site was very welcome, even with a reduced team due to illness and other commitments. A small group headed off to collect some donated timber, which will be useful for rafters and cladding supports on the new shed.Back on site, the rest of the team continued tidying the main […]

A smaller crew than usual was on site, but plenty still got done despite the steady, light rain that lasted most of the day. Things began with a bit of excitement when a wagon slipped off the rails on a curve, but with the site machine close by it was quickly put right.Once that was […]

The weather couldn’t quite make up its mind—sun one minute, a light shower the next—but nothing that stopped a productive day with a solid mid‑sized team.Work continued on levelling the floor inside the new shed frame, using the mini‑digger and vibrating plate to firm everything down, including the fire‑exit route at the rear. Elsewhere, site […]

A grey but mild and dry day meant we could press on with a wide range of jobs. The dumper truck was moved out of the way of the new path works—and to everyone’s delight, it started on the first try.A team then dug out the bufferstop at the end of one shed road and […]

A grey and slightly chilly afternoon, but with no rain we were able to tackle a wide mix of jobs. With plenty of people on site, a few larger tasks finally got underway.Two volunteers refuelled the generator, while others used the site machinery to move a completed bufferstop into its final position. More of the […]