Fen End Pit - a few pictures from the March show
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A fine day out yesterday at the March MRC show. Thanks to the organizers for their efforts, good lunch and excellent provision of tea. There were a good number of people through the door and we had an appreciative crowd.
Getting the layout up and running gave the opportunity for a few pictures so I hope you'll forgive the indulgence of posting them here.
The Simplex 40s sat by the small loco shed, I need to look at the power collection as it wasn't picking up well. This is a bit of an occupational hazard when you build layouts where you throw real sand around.
The dragline operated well for most of the day, I think I'm reaching the end-of-life on one for the push buttons on the controller which releases one of the clutches. I'm not sure how many thousand presses they were rated at but we must be getting near it - still we dug a good few (scale) tons during the course of the day.
The yard was constantly busy with the shedmaster (John) providing a constant stream of empty wagons needing to be filled.
Unfortunately the hoped for 'driver's eye' video failed to come out, maybe next time.
Next outing is probably the Mid-Essex Show in Shenfield in September.
David
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