Catchup

It’s been a busy few days, with very little posted up here, so a quick recap follows.

Friday

Friday ended up being another successful day, with another visit from a train while testing various aspects of all things rolling stock etc… however it did give us a chance to test the newly fitted point lever.

Which was installed, with slight ramp for access, on the opposite side of the track to the previous arrangement (we even used a different lever, but don’t tell anyone – the other one was a bit bent).

An enormous amount of time was spent tidying up the whole area, especially the grass and picnic area, which was in need of some love, we’re quite proud so please come on out to Maldon and enjoy it.

The success of Friday flowed onto this week, with the flail mower brought back into use. A collection of dead branches / leaves / storm fallings having been collected around Castlemaine and transported away to a more appropriate location, to help lessen the fire risk around town and improve the ease of mowing.

Today saw us lend the workshops a hand, helping with some bogie lifts and wheel swaps, overall it’s been productive.

Tomorrow’s crew will have a change of pace, tending to some rather overgrown foliage closer to Castlemaine, that is now contacting the train as it passes.

We’ll be meeting at Maldon at 8am and heading out in force to tackle these issues ahead of the fire season commencing on Monday.