A few more photos from last week…

Below: The National Railway Museum have transferred to us a number of bogies that have been stored in York for some years. The haul, collected on Thursday and delivered on Friday, included two former Grimsby & Immingham bogies (sans motors) and one ex Glasgow Subway car motor bogie. This photo shows them arriving on Friday. Initial word was that the G&I bogies were of the maximum traction type, so it was hoped they would be spares for our own Gateshead 10. However, they are equal wheel so were probably spares obtained from the indiginous G&I trams, which the BTC had, of course, designated one for preservation in the 1960s (No.14, now at Crich). For now the pair will be stored, though could be useful accommodation bogies, whilst the Glasgow bogie will be stripped of useful components for future projects.

Below: Tuning the fairground organ… For this process a means of propulsion is required so for the second year running the Steam Mule has been used to provide the power to the organ’s bellows. The unusual pairing is seen here.

Below: A close up of the insides of the organ during tuning. The wheel to the right is the drive wheel usually belted up to the organ engine, this driving the bellows, which are white and can be seen in the base of the organ – the lungs of the Gaviolli.