Below: Brian has been working on recommissioning the Armstrong Whitworth car. The magneto (which generates the spark – this car does not have a battery) requires attention so has been dispatched to a specialist for assessment. Until this returns work on this project is paused.

Below: Outside the track team spent the morning fitting the turnout and rails adjoining it with cables (called bonds) that enable the earth current to pass from the tram and into the rails and thus complete the electrical circuit.

Below: Darren dresses up the running on rails that link the grooved rail turnout to the flat bottomed rail that leads to them. The rails are more worn than the points, so smoothing out the area and creating a compatible profile ensures a smooth transition between rails.

Below: By the afternoon the track was being filled in and cleaned to enable testing and use by the Saturday service cars.

Below: Back inside the workshop, Dave Young has been fitting the Steam Mule with a new dropping ashplate (which forms the base of the ashpan area) in order to enable easier cleaning of this. This work has entailed removing the boiler and fitting new hinges. Whilst the boiler was off Dave made an additional cross member to support the engine plate, and which was welded into the frame by Davy Sheen – seen below.