Tank' God For That!...

Hey all. Grave apologies for the lateness of these upcoming posts; this appearing on 12/3/11. My phone, which held all of the pics from these upcoming posts, has failed and is away on repair for a few weeks. Therefore, for fear of not posting anything at all I've given up waiting, and decided to try my best and just use what I can. Today, I was at Shackerstone helping on the P-Way. The upcoming arrival of the GWR 38xx 2-8-0 from the South Devon means that the track at Shack and Shenton needs moving away from the platforms, only slightly of course! Therefore, today, the P-Way gang had two tasks to carry out; A) Mend the track at Shenton Distant, B) Dig out the track at Shenton Station for movement. I was taking part in task B, along with fellow CMES member Eddie Jones. The work has tiring yet satisfying with most of it getting done before we left. Up on the track, the progress was also very good. The railway is trying to get the track ready for next weekend when the Small Prairie (5542) will be out and about for her owners to drive/fire. Public services resume on March 5th for the new season. After taking part in the P-Way operations, I left Shenton and drove through the Fen Lanes to Shackerstone. After parking, I popped down to the shed to discover "Sir Gomer" with her tank back on!! "Yes"!! This is indeed great news and great progress, now we have more than a good chance of having her ready for the April Thomas event...maybe she'll look like the above image too, except with new nameplates!! Thanks all. Good Evening...