John ' butters' a brick |
John S is not happy with his ' muck'. Well, brick layers rarely are... |
In the background we can see Bob busy on the 90m section. He laid two rows of blues there, and then moved on to the 100m section and laid a course of blue stretchers. The 90m section ended the day one course short of the corbelling course, so also nearing completion. Great!
Dinmore Manor trundles in to CRC |
As today was an operating day with ' Easter Eggspresses' we got to see two train running, both steam. I'm afraid yours truly could not reist the temptation to wander off and take a few snaps, from positions not normally available (trackside, or on the platform 2 foundations).
I like the idea of an ' Eggspress', now how about a ' Brickspress' in honour of the brave gang from Broadway?
5542 also trundled in. Nice loco! John takes a moment to stretch his back, ahhhhhhh! |
Here John S comes to the end of the blockwork course, after which he laid a row of red headers, and this last wall is now starting to rise.
This is what we do best! More tea, anyone? |
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' Working on the railway' |
Oi !!! Who did this? |
Things were going swimmingly, until Bob noticed that 'someone' had displaced one of his newly laid blues. A criminal offence, or should be. Hanging is too good for this individual, if we can find him. Ah - hum.
Dinmore Manor with its 7 coach train |
At the end of the day, we had laid 700 bricks. A bit less than usual, but we were two brickies down, and one of our muck makers has gone off to Australia (no it's not the one that displaced Bob's brick, but it is a suitable fate for this individual). 80m section signed off, 90m section nearly up to corbelling, 100m section now above the blocks and rising.
Here is a picture of what we have achieved so far:
Taken near the end of the day (the work is covered up to prevent rain from getting in) it shows the 90m section in the foreground, and the completed 80m section, also covered up, in the middle distance. The remaining 70m stretch away into the distance. It looks really long now, doesn't it? The drain pipe placed last week is also just visible. One of the next jobs will be to cover this in pea gravel, then the back filling can start. We have located a source of suitable material, and are waiting for it to arrive.
2 comments:
Excellent Progress. Must have been Dinmore I heard on Sunday whilst walking the Dog in Brunswick St-normally hear whistles but nothing else,from across the Park but this was something working hard1!
Nothing wrong with living in Australia, the only issue is being too far away from my favorite railway.
Keep up the good work as I'm looking forward to alighting from platform 2 on my next visit to the UK.
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