RN318 - The weekly report by Derick van Zyl. 12th - 18th January 2007

Henry has been busy building an exhaust system for the BSA rail car.

I completed the right side of the Garratt No.153's tender, put new wool into the axle-boxes and re-oiled them.
Now I am busy completing the right side of the front unit axle boxes.

An axle box before service

After the servcie

Ben is concentrating on the Ratanga wagon. He has taken the arm rests off, cut them to the right size and rounded the edges to get rid of all the sharp ends.

Henk has now finished building the cow-catcher for the Kalahari's right side drain cocks.
He is now busy with the left side, this prevents stones interferring with the locomotive.
He is also busy collecting the rest of the rolling stock from Port Shepstone, and will be bringing the restored O&K back to the Sandstone workshop.

Jamina is making sure everything is always tidy inside and outside the sheds as usual.

Petrus has been slashing the workshop's front garden.

Petrus has been working with Jamina in making sure that everything is pristine.

The whole Sandstone Steam Team has been busy cleaning the railway line to keep it looking clean and tidy.