Shark Van Refurbishment

The good weather over the past couple of weekends has allowed the railway teams to work on the Shark Van restoration project. Volunteers who regularly attend the railways on weekdays as well as Saturday and Sundays were able to combine their skills to produce the following results:

The rotten/missing timbers in the roof have been replaced, the metal end heaved off and the new corner supports jointed in. The roof was then jacked up and replaced, and new felt was laid on the roof.

Two of the D shape edging strips for the sides were carefully removed and, taking advantage of the nice weather, knots were treated, new wood painted and the exposed parts of the roof underside were undercoated in primer.

As always, anyone interested is welcome to come along and get involved; the more hands - the sooner we can re-open.