Today was an extra mid-week day squeezed in at Boat of Garten - to expedite the drilling of sleepers (62 done today) prior to the welcome arrival again of Lampitt Rail Services in August, to complete the big relay at Kinchurdy,
however halfway through lunch an unscheduled sea container arrived for The Royal Scotsman's use,
with the experienced help of the delivery agent, we surprisingly managed to plant it quickly.
Second attempt at luncheon was then interrupted by Dave Green (diesel driver) who reported a noticeable track defect (bump) at 85 (milepost) & 1100 yards, fortunately he was willing and able to take us to the locus quickly (as no road access whatsoever) - he was killing time between shunts and yet another arrival of Royal Scotsman, diagnosis - broken fishplate, which we carried out a temporary repair (couldn't find skirted plates in time)
Many thanks to Ian, Dave and Kevin (whom as usual, showed us up as doing a power of work!) whom I wished a merry Christmas! - however he did concede he enjoyed today......
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