Work progressing well on Roundhouse ‘Katie’ class loco…
Before progressing with the diary entry, the management would like to point out that the famous Compton Down railway now has a website at www.comptondown.co.uk, as a result the Compton Down pages have been removed from this site. Please, do yourself a favour and take a look.
Anyway, down to business. During the long winter months, not a lot of work can go on out on the track, so to keep the lads amused the management decided to set them a task. Build a new loco for the summer season, we said, and my goodness aren’t they doing well. We popped into the workshop today and snapped these pics of the lads hard at work…
“The valve timing proved a bit of a problem” said Hamish, “Until William turned up, that is”. William was heard to shout “Put your backs into it boyo’s” whereupon he grabbed the spanners and got to work himself!
Meanwhile Job cuts up kindling to start the fire for testing…
A waft of woodsmoke and gentle hiss of steam say’s all is well…
Look back soon to see how the Roundhouse ‘Katie’ is coming along.
