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Today the electrical volunteers consisted of Stephen, Peter, Jonathan and myself, we had a brew and a breakfast barm before deciding what jobs to do. Colin during the week had done some work on the Standard 4 Group engine’s speedo and requested we take the generator, off the engine it supplies the e...

:D Today the team consisted of Jonathan, Dave S, John, Clive, Colin, Sophie, Stephen and myself, we had a brew and a breakfast barm before collecting our tools and catching the 10:00 train to Rawtenstall Station to complete the wiring and installation of Clive's electronics that will allow three way...

:) On a glorious Sunday with The Legend of Steam locomotives, Sir Nigel Gresley and Brittania i was joined in our workshop by Jonathan, John, Clive, Dave B. We had a brew and a breakfast barm before collecting all our gear and boarded the 10:10 train to Rawtenstall Station to install cabling to enab...

:D Today on the last day of Legends of Steam Gala, the electrical volunteers were, Sophie, Colin, Jonathan, John, Stephen, Dave S and myself. We all had a brew before watching the departure of the A4 Sir Nigel Gresley and Brittania. It was decided to test some LED tubes and replace a faulty one in o...

:D A big day today on a very dull wet day, we were introduced to our new Head of Department, Barry in the FXP building at Bury Bolton Street Station by our General Manager Lee Kenny. Today the volunteers consisted of Jonathan, John, Colin, Dave B, Dave S, Peter, Stephen and myself, we had a brew and...

:D Today on a very pleasant day, sunshine and blue skies, i was joined by Jonathan, Jack, Dave B and Dave S, after a brew and a breakfast sarnie we tested out the fire alarm call point at Bury Bolton Street Station, all was fine and we recoded the findings. :) We then collected all our gear and boar...

:D On a lovely February day we caught the !0:00 train up to Rawtenstall Station, i was joined by, Peter, Jonathan and Stephen, Dave S joined us later after the bus he was waiting of from Bolton did not show up. He caught a later bus to Bury then onto Rawtenstall by another bus, he then joined us in ...

:D Today i was joined by Jonathan, Dave B, Dave S and Peter, Dave had purchased a new GRP electrical cabinet for the replacement rotten metal box which supplied the three phase power to Rawtenstall Station Cafe carriage. We walked down to the carriage & wagon shed to see if we could have a look ...

:D Well today was all about medicals at Baron Street in the ELRPS building, first was Dave B, then Peter, John and later myself. The fire alarm call points were checked at BBS station and the results logged. The rest of us, Jonathan, Colin, Sophia, John, Stephen and myself rounded up all the gear we...

:D Today i was joined by, Jack, Colin, Peter and Dave, the railway was still shut to the public apart from the usual lunchtime Diner train. We checked out the electrical outlets on the undersides of the platforms at Bury Bolton Street Station for any loose backboards, none was found. :) In our works...

:D The first Sunday after the Christmas and New Year break, i was joined by Colin, Clive, Jonathan, Dave E, Dave S and Peter, we thought we had obtained a key for the roller shutter door on the staircase at the bottom of platform two to do some work on the emergency lighting. The key turned out to b...

:D Back from the pre Christmas cruise and i decided to attend the last Christmas Santa's in case there was any electrical problems at BBS. David and Stephen were helping out on the greet and meet and the Santa train. :D Everything was fine electrical wise, the weather was a bit inclement with shower...

:) Today i was joined by, Jonathan, Peter, David S and Dave B after a brew and a breakfast barm we were contacted by numerous people asking for help with various electrical problems. :idea: Jonathan PAT tested some electrical tools after the PAT printer has now been returned to us. First job was to ...

:D Today the electrical volunteers welcomed another new recruit, Peter who was joined by Jonathan, John, David and myself, after a brew we thought about going to Heywood Station to erect the Christmas lights but decided on arrival of the DMU shuttle from Heywood which was packed to postpone the job....

:D Today on a very wet day we met up in our workshop underneath the stairs at Bury Bolton Street Station, i was joined by, Jonathan, Clive, David, Dave and John, we had a brew and a breakfast barm before starting work. Dave had bought a new RCD switch for us to install at Rawtenstall Station after w...