Tuesday 2nd Sept
A quick visit today to Gotherington in the white pickup carrying the final parts to complete the restoration of the Down Distant (the longest pull on the railway)
Only the counterbalance unit to bolt on and connect the down rod. Unfortunately because the down rod is shorter than normal the casting has to be fitted about 6ft up the post making difficult to hoist and bolt on. However we have two strong guys namely John P and Neil C to complete the job!
This picture gives the illusion that the signal arm is slightly off but is in fact spot on 90 degrees.
A pull on the signal wire and all appears to move freely
This signal has a detector on it so now off to Gotherington signal box to check everything is OK.
Quite a pull needed on this lever to get a good off. A bit more fettling required!
Curly
