Ray had a ride round with Keith and JP behind ‘Isabel’;

Hi there we had a great day on Saturday when we had another running day.  In the morning  Brian B came over with his good lady (Wroxham shopping??) and successfully tested ‘Isabel’ and ‘Bronwyn’ for us, so they can remain ‘in ticket’ ,so we were able to give them a run, which was great, both running really well , and Peter steamed up ‘Prospero”, so it was great to have our three steamers out together, with ‘Chieftain’ also having  some trundles round the circuit. The weather was great and our visitors enjoyed the trains , the chat and the refreshments, as did we.

 Busy station scene

                                                      Peter with ‘Prospero’ steaming well!

 Not a lot else to report apart from more investigative work on the Shay to enable us to gain better access to the hydrostatic oil reservoir to see how the oil is escaping. (P.S. on Wednesday we managed to gain access and found the reservoir was slightly ‘unthreaded’, so managed to remove it (thanks JP!) and checked it all over, refitted it,  put some oil in, started the engine and ran the loco up and down the yard, checked for leaks….none, result! Happy Boys)

 

Keith with ‘Isabel’ entering the station