Windcutter Wagons

A smaller work party on Wednesday saw the new floor sheets welding finished, three lower stanchion repairs completed, the West side rubbed down and undercoated....so good progress and looking to be finished this month.

 

Another strong team turnout today with five of us at work. Two welded the final repair sections inside whilst two were hard at work primering and undercoating the end door. Meanwhile I started on top coating the sides so completion by the end of the month is still likely.

 

Yesterday saw Gary hard at work with the grey then black then white and finally red paint brushes. The topcoating was finished, the headstocks and running gear painted together with the black boxes for numbers, the white stripe masked and paint applied and finally the swan necks were painted red (which is for vac braked wagons, through pipes have white painted swan necks). There are now just the numbers to be painted.


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The five wagons at Rothley have been undergoing their FtR exams and last minute fault rectification. Three have now passed and the final two were being completed today. The next shunting day is next week and I'm told that we should have swapped the present five with 6 from our wagons at Swithland.
These should be B593185, B279707, B589163, B64020, B593104 and B581221. We will give them a detailed assessment, as some have had no significant work done since the 1990's, others had quick repaints in 2018.