| Photos of a small selection of the site activities at Yeovil Railway Centre in November/December 2016. |
| Painting and mechanical attention continues to Peckett 'Pectin' during its 10 yearly overhaul. |
| 22 November. Progress on chassis of Peckett 'Pectin'. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Pectin's water tank is now receiving attention in the Shed. A couple of holes have made themselves known and will be patched with new metal. One has been cut out and the second initially drilled. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 29 November. New bronze bearings for 'Pectin' cast then machined in house. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Routing out slot for tapered wedge in piston rod. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Job finished. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Conversion of a derelict wagon to a Private Owner example is well underway with the replacement wood now being fixed for the final time (hopefully!). |
| 22 November. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 15 November. Thanks to a generous donation (thanks John Penny) the final glasses have been fitted. The box will hold some publicity material. |
| 15 November. Front and back windows of the Platform Shop are being spruced up. |
| 15 November. New project to renovate (much needed) the Southern Railway brakevan (actually built for War Department and certainly latterly based at Chilmark - between Tisbury and Salisbury.) The sandbox at this end has been removed (inside door) and now the bolts holding the metal plate on the verandah are being removed. |
| It was expected that either concrete or scrap metal found be found as additional weight to enhance the vehicle's braking ability. It was the scrap metal variety!. The vehicle was built in 1942 when there was a metal shortage! |
| All this caused some interest - 'What we got here' variety. |
| Turned into a proper 'Council' job! |
| 20 November. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Emptying the scrap (although some will be useful material to us). Some at the bottom had rusted and jammed causing more use of large hammers! (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 22 November. Scrap mostly removed. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Inside plywood being removed to obtain access to the rotten outside wood. As much original wood as possible will be retained. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 6 December. SR brakevan verandah wood removed. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Cleaning out 72 years of rust & muck. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Needle gunning begins. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
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