WORKS UPDATE...

July 2022

LEVERS.

A great deal of work has already taken place and is indeed ongoing to replace some of the levers in the signal box.

Repainting ready for installation

Many of you will know that over time before the box closed the signals were being changed from semaphore to colour light. As these were changed the lever tops were shortened. This enabled the signalman to know which levers still operated perhaps a hard mechanical pull or just operated a switch.

The plan is to restore as many as possible of the levers now operating the semaphore signals on site. Some have been changed over the last few weeks. The remainder involve much more work - watch this space for an update.

THE BUFFER STOP CAFE.

As part of the hygiene rules a regular deep clean must be carried out in the kitchen and cafe.

I have deep cleaned the kitchen and now it's the turn of the cafe itself. I moved all the chairs, tables, stools etc outside.

A thorough vacuum around was carried out, followed by giving the floor a good mopping. All the surfaces were then given a good clean and sanitising, Each individual chair, table etc was thoroughly cleaned before being brought back into the cafe.

All this takes time and can be a little tedious, but is very necessary. At least I know everything is kept clean and tidy! After all our motto is "Keep It Clean".

Dave