A valued visitor at the Midsummer weekend was Mike Arlett who is seen here pulling off a lever in the box. The frame and levers have been painted in the last few weeks. The box is looking fantastic!
My word! That looks absolutely brilliant. Well done to you all for such progress! Thank you Sunshiner for posting this picture and the others of the MN Box. Despite the wet weather there has been some excellent work being done. On my other favourite railway they are busy clearning the old Broadway Station site ready to rebuild the station and reconnect the line with Toddington. The signal box from Exminster will be going upon the site of the old Broadway box (the Exminster box is rather bigger however!).
The use of a duster or cloth was to avoid any sweat from the hands discolouring the polished heads to the levers. Certainly in most, if not all boxes on the S&D, none-use of 'the duster' was a sin too great to contemplate and any enthusiast foolhardy enough to overlook this, (if invited to pull over a lever) was likely to be 'advised' in no uncertain terms never to do so again!
My word! That looks absolutely brilliant. Well done to you all for such progress! Thank you Sunshiner for posting this picture and the others of the MN Box. Despite the wet weather there has been some excellent work being done. On my other favourite railway they are busy clearning the old Broadway Station site ready to rebuild the station and reconnect the line with Toddington. The signal box from Exminster will be going upon the site of the old Broadway box (the Exminster box is rather bigger however!).
ReplyDeleteNon-railway-geek here:) Why the cloth over the lever? I have always wondered about this!
ReplyDeleteThe use of a duster or cloth was to avoid any sweat from the hands discolouring the polished heads to the levers.
ReplyDeleteCertainly in most, if not all boxes on the S&D, none-use of 'the duster' was a sin too great to contemplate and any enthusiast foolhardy enough to overlook this, (if invited to pull over a lever) was likely to be 'advised' in no uncertain terms never to do so again!