Yesterday Georgie, Stuart and Mike were at the Boat of Garten Water Tank.
Above is the new pipe at the base of the water crane awaiting the replacement base section
which is being made at present, I believe by a local Blacksmith, however it is the intension not to use the crane during Winter services this year or in the future, as it is susceptible to being damaged by frost.
A temporary watering facility was rigged up, which will be replaced with a proper gantry supported pipe for next years Winter services...... all this effort is to improve on the previous years method of watering at Aviemore - pumped from a rail tank, with plain mains water. This year our steam locomotive 46512 will get lovely treated water, lets hope she appreciates it!
Information and photos courtesy of Mike Tough.
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