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:D The team today on the Thomas the Tank Engine weekend, was Clive, Jonathan, Sophie, Colin and myself, after a swift brew and a chocolate bun we got stuck into repairing the electrical power tools which had been given to us last week. Clive had brought in some new batteries to fit in the remaining ...

:D The team today consisted of myself, Jonathan and Stephen, after a brew and a barm we decided to travel to Heywood Station to replace some faulty equipment. We recovered our mobile tower scaffold and sourced some replacement components, we then caught the train pulled by Ernest the diesel locomoti...

Today i was joined by Clive, Jonathan, John and Stephen, after a bacon barm each it was decided to carry on with the repair of the emergency lights on the overbridge at Bury Bolton Street Station. :D Clive had purchased some new miniature relays with heavy duty contacts to replace the ones we had fi...

:D Today i was joined by Sophia, Colin, Jonathan, and Clive and what a beutiful day it was, blue skies and warm sunshine. First job after a brew was to test the fire alarm call points at Bury Bolton Street Station, all was well and the results logged. :) Next task was to obtain ladders so we could t...

It seems a long time but we are now back volunteering on the ELR, today i was joined by Jonathan, John, Stephen, Sophie and Colin, after a brew and a breakfast barm we set off on the DMU service to Heywood Station to recover the two sets of Christmas lights. :idea: The lights were all packed into th...

:D We are back, will at least myself and Jonathan were back for the first time in 2023 at the request of the Bury Standard 4 Group. It had been reported to me that a number of electrical tools required some attention. :shock: Len Allen one of our electrical volunteers had dropped off at my house a h...

:D Today on another cold and damp day i was joined by Jonathan and Clive, after a brew and a chocolate cup cake we set about the first tasks of the day. Jonathan replaced a switch on a bench grinder which we had been given to repair, the switch was wired up, then PAT tested. 8) Two electric drill, o...

:( Just me in today, it was a nice sunny day albeit a bit chilly, the Santa Specials were very busy, a quick brew was had along with a mince pie. A water boiler was brought to the workshop to see if it could be repaired, i stripped it down and could see that water was leaking into the electrics at t...

8) Today on a very damp day i was joined by Clive and Jonathan, we had a welcome brew before starting work. Clive wired up three lighting ends for use on converting fluorescent tubes to LED tubes, these where to be used in the Bury Standard 4 Group workshop at the end of platform two at Bury Bolton ...

:) Just three of us in today, John, Jonathan and myself, we started off with a brew and a breakfast barm cake, the station was buzzing with people enjoying the start of the Santa Specials. The weather forecast for the day was that it would stay dry, to everyone's relief. It was brought to our attent...

:D Today the electrical volunteers consisted of, John, Jonathan, Colin, Clive and myself, after a brew and a cake each we collected the Christmas lights for Ramsbottom Station, our ladders a few tools and caught the DMU too Ramsbottom. 8) We erected the Christmas lights on the lamp posts, plugged th...

What a beautiful summery day it was today, shirt sleeves in November, unbelieavable, enjoying today were Jonathan, John, Colin, Sophie, Stephen and myself. 8) We had a brew, sorted out all the gear we needed for the day and caught the DMU up to Heywood Station to erect the two strings of Christmas l...

:D Just three of us in today, Clive, John and myself, Jonathan was recovering from Covid and flu jabs, Colin & Sophie were on a family holiday and Geoff was on a course. :cry: The clock in the booking hall at BBS was checked for timekeeping and the backlight which requires some some adjustment t...

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Today the electrical volunteers were, Clive, Jonathan, Colin, Sophie, Geoff and myself, Jack was celebrating his 90th birthday, fantastic! I arrived late due to a plumbing issue, the electrical team had caught the first train to Summerseat Station to fix the wooden electrical cabinet with wood broug...