Tim & Steve put in an extra weekday session swapping cylinders on the wagons which had been shunted in to the yard at Wansford as part of the XP Freight project to vac fit the rake, but not before some fortification at the Stibby diner!

Suitably refreshed, they swapped out two of the van vacuum cylinders for refurbished units, although the unavailability of the trolley jack meant removal was a slightly tedious process where they had to split the cylinders, removing the middles and casings separately. Fortunately they were able to call on assistance from Ian Cliff with the telehandler to help lift the refurbished cylinders in to place.

That leaves one more cylinder to be replaced on the wagons already in the yard, and hopefully we can finish that and have a shunt to swap these for some more before the NVR winter track work commences in January.

Steve loves an excuse to fire up Barabel one of the yard shunters…