We were expecting a Cold Wednesday with snow on the car when I set off but it wasn't too bad.  Lots of little jobs got done. Jim spent the day fixing the window sills then started rubbing down saloon woodwork ready for varnishing. Mike helped me to mark and and drill the holes for the staircase handrail stanchions.  By the afternoon these had ll been done, even though we needed to move the tram at one point to access the end near the PMV.   The end result was this.

Not the best of light but it does show where they are going to go.  However when we got to the other end we found that the lower stanchions fouled the upper rail on the dash so these need to go back for reforming.

Mike Cook spent the day making various widgets for joining handrails and by the end of the day we had made out first joint between a steel and a brass section.  In between go little brass collars, here they all are.  They were turned for me on Saturday by Ron from Middleton.

The joiners either side are two jonting pieces for the gates that go behind the stairs. Malcolm and I made thse out of a small piece of scrap. However I also managed to get the gate rails partly fixed at B end so that I could sort out the rest of the gate.

All progress but just some of many little jobs.  Away from the tram the first parts for the bell system have been drawn and these are now being water jet cut for us in Hipperholme.  I'm looking forward to seeing the results next week.