Another day of preparation.  Jim spent the day cutting out the gaps at the bottom of the ventilator boards and sanding them so that everything lined up.   I spent most of the day putting cuprinol on all the upper deck floorboards.   These were done on the wall outside and at least the wall won't suffer from wood rot as the Cuprinol was applied liberally.  Paul spent his time tidying up the tops of the corner pillars so that they are ready for the floor boards to be fitted. 

Malcolm appeared again and got two of the new lights working.  This will help as the dark evenings approach.  For the last hour I spent my time recording marks on the surviving roof plank from A side.  Initially the various holes didn't make much sense, but when compared with the drip rail it started to come clear.  I now know exactly where the handrails were fixed and how and also found the fixing holes for what I think were the feet on the seat frames.  This will all get plotted into the CAD system and compared with other known dimensions and so we should be able to get the layout of the upper deck sorted.

The springs will be ready for collection this week and other parts of the suspension/axlebox assembly are being manufactured in Batley.  machining of the wheels and axles is progressing and now that the floor planks are out of the top garage we can clear it ready for the delivery of the wheelsets.  All in all another good, though fairly war, Wednesday.