It was a down to earth week at Preston this last week as members spent much of their time working on 5643’s frames and components. Anne Burton and John Davis are seen cleaning up one of 5643’s sandboxes…
… while Phil Burton polished one of 5643’s coupling rods…
… and Ed chipped away at rust on the frames.
Finally for this week, over at Embsay, the eccentric strap on ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST Cumbria that had been causing concern has been removed to reveal that a strip of the side metal had come adrift. However, the main bearing metal was still intact. Andy Booth took the offending strap away to work some of his magic on it and it is now expected to be refitted to the locomotive during the next day or so. Thanks, Andy.