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Prehaps we could have this thread as a place to just list what you got done on the railway today, could be anything from balast to painting benches to building a loco! No need for pictures just list what you've done today!

I'll start! I solved my potentiometer control problem and continued to construct a locolines tiny for a friend! I also planned out the next stage of my millie conversion!

Layed down ballast in the areas that needed redoing, and stuck the benches that I was painting down to the platforms!
I also soldered a T bar through the blow down screw on my Bertie to stop burnt fingers!

I did a bit of weeding, some chopping back of vegetation and a bit of tidying. Then I steamed my Caradoc up. Also did a lot of thinking, it's about time I built another carriage!

Cleaned some bits of the David Lloyd George and Merddin Emrys
Swept some of the Earl of Meirioneth's tubes
Did some shuntering
Gave Dan and his dad a tour of the workshops and he had a drive of Lilla
Began returning the outside pit to a usefulish state

Intereting I was also tidying my room in a bid to win browny points towards the construction of woodbridge station!

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:Intereting I was also tidying my room in a bid to win browny points towards the construction of woodbridge station!

Really, is Victor Meldrew you dad too? Hang on DAD!!!!!!!!

haha! no, my domestic Authorities is my mum!
Dr. Bond!

I just made a batch of jigstones ready for a future project! I looked out the window at the railway, but cecil forced me to sit in the warm watching DVDs instead!

Yesterday I was doing the pipework on a SR&RL No. 24, and this will continue later today. This morning I have sorted out the safety valve on a Finescale Quarry Hunslet that lifted at 50psi but did not seat again until it had got down to 10psi.

On Wednesday I was making plastic slate waggons go rusty:
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TonyW wrote:On Wednesday I was making plastic slate waggons go rusty:
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mmmmmmmmmmm that is NICE!!

That slate wagon is bloody marvelous- If only my line was 32mm!

I went to work (some of us have to, you know) and managed to avoid the bikers going to either (A) Donington for the Moto GP or more locally to the Rock & Blues Custom Show http://www.rockandblues.uk.com/..............

MDLR wrote:I went to work

As did I with the jobs I listed.

I did my first day of training to become a guard on the Ratty today.

Once i'm 16 I'm hopeing to volentire on the Bure Valley Railway!

Matt wrote:I did my first day of training to become a guard on the Ratty today.

Nice one, we need a few more guards as dad still keeps on getting phone calls from the controller asking for help, he was there yesterday. I prefer doing permanat way work however

well since its the day before i go home , today i have been on the Ffr, bought a sign for my shed, met John and his wife, packed Robin and Condor then walked down to Porthmadog station to watch Blanche come in then walked back up to the house and stuffed my clothes back into the suit case

I've tried to repair all the damage done at last nights steam up Then went round to LMSjools to watch the first run of his converted Lawley

I won 2 atari consoles and a handful of atari games on Ebay to feed my vintage gaming habit.