Due to the hot weather, we’ve cancelled tomorrow’s workday.

Things look like they’ll be back to normal next week.

A good selection of odd jobs were completed last week, with a good number of those cut fishplates installed in preparation for the resleepering.

The end is now in sight – down at the Bridge.

The blowers have been run along to permit the sleeper marking, we’ll do this progressively as we start to replace sleepers.

Muckleford Station received a good tidy up, now looking very smart after its haircut.

The week saw a few other odd jobs attended to as well, including loading a wagon at Muckleford with 80 low profiles for Castlemaine works. (During Feb V/line shutdown)

Cut up a tree that had fallen over roadway near donkey farm track.

Given the very hot weather predicted for tomorrow (Tuesday), there will be no workday. The jury is still out on Thursday. However, it may be a half day if anyone is interested – watch this space.

As quick as that, it’s all poured!

Another fantastic job and a significant portion of the shed now concreted.

Including the other recent work, it’s all come together very nicely.

It’s fairly easy to see that the next main priority will become the installation of the centre track pit timbers and the same concrete treatment there. Followed closely by the shed annex area. The success of our funding / grant applications will then dictate further progress around the shed.

All this concrete, once cured, will be painted as per the workshop to help keep it cleaner and tidier.

Ended up being an unintentional odd job day today, we began by doing a bit of gutter clearing at Maldon Station which turned into a lot of gutter cleaning! Taking most of the morning, however they’re all done now.

We then headed off to Castlemaine to check on the progress of the Concrete, the boxing up almost completed with the concrete pour booked in for Tomorrow.

The most common question we’ve been asked of late is how much is being concreted, the answer is above. As time and money permit, more will occur. The next phase will be the annex pictured here, which then allows somewhere for the other stuff to go when the other areas are being prepared.

We’ve also returned our fleet of vehicles to Maldon.

Workdays next week will be on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, depending on the weather, the likely task will be fishplate changing, however this may change at short notice, all days, starting at Maldon at 8am.