On Wednesday 29th July 2015 Nationwide Building Society staff members came to the N&LR to lend a hand as part of their corporate volunteering scheme.
As seen in the last Give and Gain Day, major transformations can be seen after a few hours of teamwork;
this time several projects were progressed and the photographs show the dramatic improvements achieved.
The projects were:
- Painting the Engineering containers close to the entrance and to enhance the visibility of the station rebuilding fund raising thermometer.
- Cleaning and repainting two spare BR B5 Bogies that are earmarked to be installed under our BR Mark 2 coaches in the near future.
- The start of a coach deep cleaning project, starting with the use of upholstery cleaners and a general mop and surface wipe down.
Many thanks to those who took part in the day.
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- Nationwide Building Society volunteers cleaning the flaking and faded paint off the containers near the main entrance to the railway. Note how pale the container on the right looks, the biscuit paint has faded quite a lot. Photo: Grahame Every
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- The final product of the container cleaning and repainting at the entrance to the railway. Many thanks go to the Nationwide Building Society volunteers who did the work on 29th July 2015. The colours used are the correct railway shades as defined in British Standard BS381C. The biscuit is BS381C.369 and the mid brown used on the framing is BS381C.411. Photo: Grahame Every.
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- Nationwide Building Society volunteers scraping and cleaning off years of (rail) road dirt from the bogie frames and attached equipment. Photo: Graham Every
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- The first cleaned up B5 bogie is repainted using black chlorinated rubber paint, by Nationwide Building Society volunteers on 29th July 2015. Photo: Grahame Every
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- On 29th July 2015 Nationwide Building Society volunteers alongside Volunteer Working Members Grahame Every and David Millard, use quick drying chlorinated rubber paint on two BR B5 bogies that will be used under the BR Mark 2 coaches. Photo: David Millard
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- The first cleaned up B5 bogie is repainted using black chlorinated rubber paint, by Nationwide Building Society volunteers on 29th July 2015. Photo: Grahame Every
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- On 29th July 2015 a volunteer from Nationwide Building Society masks up prior to cleaning the (rail) road dirt of a BR B5 Bogie in preparation for it to be installed under one of the Mark 2 coaches at the railway. Photo: Grahame Every
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- Volunteers from Nationwide Building Society long with Volunteer Working Members Grahame Every and David Millard during a break on 29th of July 2015. Photo: Brian Chambers
N&LR members are encouraged to suggest tasks that could be done on one of these days: It just needs the person making the suggestion to be involved with the implementation, such as sourcing paint, gloves, brushes etc.
If you have a suggestion or want to get involved with these days, please get in touch with Grahame Every who is coordinating these corporate volunteering days.