Maldon

Wet… it was wet, so what better fun could we have than go play in the mud!!

The Maldon Workshop building was well overdue for some plumbing maintenance, it was very quickly decided we’d go with new downpipes as the old gal had completely rotted through.

Our smoothing of the ground had actually done a good job of draining the rainfall. However, given this whole side of the shed was dumping there also it did get a bit muddy!

We’ve installed a very no-nonsense stop block at what is now the headshunt end.

And all new downpipes have been fitted and run into the drain – and it works!!! We also installed a third downpipe to lessen the load of the other two.

Next week, we’ll sleeve this cross pipe in an old section of old boiler tube to keep it safe. However, at least this should drain and let things begin to dry out properly now.

You’ll notice how much lower the ground is that shed level, we’ll use this opportunity to correct that and bring it much closer to height, which is why we’re not worried the downpipes kick out at the base, this will largely end up buried.

Monday will, all being well, be an intense day of mechanised destruction, pulling up the remaining track and ground fixing. Hopefully Tuesday sees some new turnout bits beginning to take shape.