Sunday 21 May 2017

A saturday special

A Saturday special, because a gang of 4 went to work at Hayles yesterday to get the job nearer to completion for June the 5th, our official opening day. So much left to do!







All of the interior steelwork has now had a coat of primer, which turned the steelwork green.















Dave then followed with a coat of banana yellow - that is the undercoat of the official colour.

It's a long fiddly job getting all those angle irons painted, especially when you have to be careful not to get any on the corrugated iron sheets just behind. They will be left 'au nature', just as they were.











Then, on a bit we did earlier, the topcoat went on in the SW corner.

In this shelter we found some lengths of wood screwed to the wall that would have held various notices, so we kept those, and Jim H made some lovely notice boards. Some of these will tell the history of Hayles Abbey halt, while others will hold useful information (timetables etc) and another for acknowledgements to our kind sponsors.








Outside, Jim G was found giving the white line an extra coat of paint, supervised by ''I'm not in charge - he is'' Paul.

In the bottom LH corner you can catch a glimpse of a patio chair - we've moved some of them down here now, you'll see more of that on Monday.

Pete from B&S dropped by, just to check he dimensions of the running in board posts, to which he will scew the running in board that B&S have manufactured. You don't want the board hanging in a void on the day, do you. That day, the fitting, now looks like Wednesday. We can't wait to see it!




The gate leading to the halt has now been fitted (after a bit of trial and error) and Jim G made a lovely notice for it, so that walkers can see what the path leads to.
We've still got to complete the path just behind this gate, and we intend to fit a seat at the top of the slope, so that you can sit there and watch the trains.

Finally, here's a nice picture of the shelter, now with its top coat of GWR light stone on it. This is the final coat, so it's going to look like this, not the banana yellow you've seen these last few weeks. And the grass is finally growing!

Tomorrow is the usual working day again, so it should be busy. See you then!

11 comments:

  1. Great job guys. Can't wait to see auto train go through.

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  2. Very good work. I would add a G.W.R to the top of the notice board(s), and the job looks 'a gudd un'. Who gets the job of looking after the halt now? Will it be Toddington Station Master as it used to be? Regards, Paul.

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  3. Is that not GWR dark stone? It looks a fair bit darker than all of the light stone huts and buildings I have encountered. I have followed this blog since the beginning and I must say that you have all done a truly marvellous job on the Halt. I look forward to seeing the finished product and reading more about the Heritage Group's future projects.

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    1. It does look rather dark, but we got the paint from a reputable supplier, and it had the right reference number...

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  4. The halt,is a really fabulious job!.I,had a look at it,yesterday!.You really should be in line,for an award,for it!.Anthony.

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    1. Well, awards don't come by themselves, but we have applied for one :-)
      Fingers crossed!

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  5. Fear not! That definitely is GWR Light stone. Dark stone is more a salmon pink in colour. Great job with Hayles Abbey halt. there will be envious faces looking out from the trains at the Gala, wishing their train to stop there. Well, they can always come back again for the official launch!

    Broadway's roof 'kit' is looking the business now, thanks to the loco dept. Well done everybody. Regards, Paul.

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    1. You sound like Waynetta...
      It is light stone, from an approved supplier, so must be right.

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  7. Great work guys, is it done to replicate the gwr days. Hopefully in years to come the line speed would be 30mph or more when there is more funding for it.When's the extension to Cheltenham spa/ broadway and or beyond. Keeping on track

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