Today's locomotive was Druid, which ran well all day and took quite a lot of passengers due to the fine weather.
During the day, more scrap has been gathered for weighing in. a fallen tree has been cleared, opening up the visibility around the top corner (see pic below). Some fuel filters have been fitted to the Gogo tractor, which have made it able to run constantly and reliably for the first time ever. After it had been running for a while, it went on the front of the passenger train for a round trip, carrying only volunteers, and was definately the highlight of the day, as seen in the following pictures.
The gogo tractor, in 3rd gear, storming round the newly cleared top curve after the bridge. This photo was impossible before due to there being a fallen tree in this space.
Once we got to the top, since the Gogo tractor was still running well and we had no passengers, we ran it around and coupled it on the other end of the train to haul it back.
When we tried this before, this is about as far as the loco got before it cut out due to dirt in the fuel line. This time it made it all the way, and looked very nice in the late afternoon sun in the process.
This was the consist for the journey back. The gogo tractor has 3 forward gears but only one reverse, so it was painfully slow. The loco then shunted away back into its position at the back of the shed.
We are all very pleased with how well it has run today and I can confidently say it will be working for the next diesel gala in October.
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