Hi all. A very warm, pleasant day today at Shackerstone. I arrived early at 6am to help with the cleaning. 5542 was again on service. Loco dispatched at 10:30am, the first train was out at 11:15am; with me on board. The run was lovely, with the loco crewed by Drivers M.Fairfield and E.Jones as well as Trainee D.Hone. The main job today was to 'slew' the track at Shenton. This was to allow the 38xx (which arrives in 3 days!!) ample space to run round her trains. (Otherwise, her cylinders would catch...I love GWR!). Anyway, 5542 was soon run round at Shenton and was off again, back up the bank towards Shack. With the clear weather, her voice could be heard on the wind as she disspeared off through Three Bridges towards Market Bosworth. What a lovely day. Throughout the day, whilst 5542 worked her 5 turns, our crack-team worked at Shenton. Within 3 hours we had finished, track slewed and ready for the 38'! "Woo woo!". We then caught the 2nd-last train back to Shack, with 42'. With a few small jobs to do in the shed first, I eventually left Shack at 6pm. Thanks everyone for reading...a jolly nice spring day!...
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