Below: The work to prepare the tram depot floor for partial removal of concrete to allow track laying has been completed. The two views below show the marked out floor, which has been slit to enable channels to be excavated and a bed for the new rail to be cast. As this is Road 4, the space to the right will effectively (once cleared!) become Road 5 – a buses lane. The intention is to remove stored items from the depot, so it will be a running shed only with a new site being developed to store the workshop materials, spare wheels etc.

Below: A taster for the future, Dave Young’s next project… He is currently pattern making for the Lewin and Ruston portable projects and this morning we delivered further components to Vince Allen for Lewin. He is preparing the frames for painting, which we will aim to carry out before Christmas and the arrival of the boiler.