22nd, 23rd February 2020
Well the Womble Work Week is over, and what a lot we have achieved!
Lots of logs have been recovered from the lineside;
Ditches have been cleared;
A new lineside ditch has been dug out and a perforated pipe installed;
Several track culvert entrances and exits have been cleaned out;
The second trackbed has been cleared of grass and mud for ¾ mile;
Three turning points were created for emergency vehicles;
Lots of scrub has been burnt on 11 fires;
A collapsed culvert at the 14 mile post has been rebuilt;
The cupboard doors in the Weighbridge have been repainted;
The plinth units have been top coated and installed;
The Weighbridge was given a deep clean ready for the new season;
Whistle and Gradient boards were cleaned and repainted, along with 2 mileposts;
Three platform bench seats were repainted;
The signal box desk, skirting boards and interior door have been repainted and the signal box windows cleaned inside and out;
The mink wagon side was repainted;
The guards van sides were sanded down;
An awful lot of food was cooked and consumed;
Thanks to everyone who came and helped over the week. We logged over 1000 hours worked, not bad for the smallest station on our railway!