Another good day.  First job was to collect the staircase stringers which have now been rolled by Fidaport in Batley.  Then up to the tramshed and Paul, Jim and i got stuck into drilling and countersinking the last rubbing rail.  One of the others then had to have it's holes opened out to the correct size for No 14 screws.  That took us up to lunctime.  After lunch Jim and I spent our time screwing both rubbing rails onto A side.  This is the cramped side up against the wall and it's difficult to get presssure on the brace and bit for tightening the screws.  However we persevered and got both rails attac hed and most of the screws fixed.  Next week we'll drill the corners and ends and hopefully get them finally dry fixed. 

What we thought would take us only a couple of weeks has turned into a 2 month job with sevceral broken drills. 

Al in all a good day especially taking delivery of the stringers for the stairs.  We also managed to decide on the dimensions for the treads, risers and landings as well as the kicking board for the platform steps.  I can now get the timber ordered.  That will be the last timber we need for the exterior of the tram.  After that it's all metalwork and the interior.  Progress is also being made on the drawings for the axles so there is real progress.

Here you can see the stringers looking quite strange but they do fit and seem to be the right height.