As the weather begins to deteriorate the chances of progressing wood work and painting get less and less, so we look at our winter project. This being the reinstatement of the automatic braking system on what will become the nucleus of the Foxwell Freighter, our fully fitted express freight train.

So with that our attention turns the the Vans and Conflat within the serviceable rake.
First the release valves were removed from those vehicles with vacuum cylinders (5 out of the 8). These will be taken away by Matt’s as homework.

Next, serviceable vacuum hoses were made up and fitted to all 8 vehicles, That’s 16 hoses, 16 hose couplings and 32 clamps.

Two dummy couplings were also fitted as these were missing and any open pipes and cylinder ports were sealed in preparation for the next session.

A short and sweet update but a fair amount done, in preparation for the next step, see what we achieve next time.