- The second loft space (above the east end of the panel) is similarly fitted, meaning both loft spaces are nearly completed - excellent work!
- Let there be light! (2) - Stephen Lear admires the latest loft installation.
- Let there be light! (1) - GWS electrician David Brown test fits the first LED fitment to the Panel Room suspended ceiling.
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- The previously-seen display boards are fitted into their final positions, with the displays themselves well underway.
- Ever more ceiling tiles become fitted in place, with the 1980s panel room atmosphere truly starting to take shape.
- More restored exhibits take their place in the Brunel Room.
- The panel room double doors' lintel is expertly fashioned.
- Meanwhile, in the 'Bristol Room', Chris Chalet of the GWS Bristol Group continues the hard work of preparing the Bristol East Panel interactive exhibit - good stuff!
- A view from the entrance foyer into the 'Brunel Room', as newly-redundant scaffolding makes its way out of the building.
- New boards are fabricated and painted, ready for future displays.
- With the air-conditioning units in, surrounding ceiling tiles start to be installed, having been cut to size accordingly.
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- As if the double doors weren't enough for the GWS volunteers, the simulator room's door is intalled, and just awaits some final fittings.
- ...which in turn are linked into the building management system to keep us all cosy (especially in March!).
- The result of very careful planning and design work, the new air conditioning units in the panel room are installed...
- Excellent restoration is evident on these reclaimed GW doors, in readiness for their installation as our panel room external access doors.
- Building works continue apace, as does work on the installation of new exhibits - these broad-gauge relics really do look the part!
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- Danny Scroggins carries DRC Civil Engineering Manager Richard Antliff across the newly-created threshold into the Swindon Panel room!
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- Mugs being manufactured at the Jack Boskett Factory
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- Mugs being manufactured at the Jack Boskett Factory
- Mugs being manufactured at the Jack Boskett Factory
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- The Bristol Room's well-disguised air-conditioning unit is also installed.
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- With the lamp post in shot, the sandbag wall for the air-raid shelter steps is rebuilt around the new electrics cabinet.
- An updated building front entrance view, as fencing and railing posts continue to be worked upon.
- David Brown and Richard Beacham tackle the installation of conduit through the lamp post, which will illuminate the way into the new centre.
- Around the corner, a final view of the finished side walkway, complete with air-conditioning equipment (well-hidden from most views by the carefully-placed wall section on the left).
- Not to be forgotten, the panel room suspended ceiling is pushed ever closer to completion, courtesy of Jamie Karslake.
- Another great moment, as the reclaimed GW doors for the panel room are installed, with some fitments already in evidence.
- The Frome North Box plate is mounted to the wall, joining the growing number of restored Brunel Room exhibits.
- GWS Civil Engineering Manager demonstrates the fully fitted-out double doors, set of keys in hand!
- Taken a mere ten days before the Grand Opening, the Swindon Panel Box plate is seen in its final position, with the home signal waiting to greet our first visitors!
- With more space cleared behind the panel, access to the racks becomes somewhat easier as more simulator works continue apace.
- A view from the front this time; the cables running from the panel belie the works unfolding at the back desk...
- ...where Kevin Marsh toils with the technological side of the panel's operation, in readiness for anyone to 'have a go'. Enough screens there, Kev?!
- Meanwhile, Jamie Brooker installs and tests further inter-PCB wiring on the rear racks.
- Kevin Marsh supervises the works, enjoying a well-deserved sandwich while he does so!
- ...which is quickly achieved, thanks to the number of GWS and SPS volunteers in attendance. I wonder what's behind the panel that they're all captivated by?
- The wheels being removed, as the dismantling of the framework begins.
- As more space becomes available at the front of the panel, Peter Woodbridge continues with the unenviable task of cleaning the panel's front and rear metal covers.
- With rodding in position, the trickier task comes of removing the rear girder through the double doors at a tight angle...
- Not content with the panel covers, Peter starts cleaning away the years of dirt from the back desk, a longer-term restoration project.
- As part of the lowering process, some rodding is now fed under the front of the panel by John Hill.
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- 9th May: the day comes for moving the panel into its final postion - wheel the panel backwards, then remove the wheels, channelling and framework, and lower to the floor...sounds simple, doesn't it?
- Before long, the front girder of the framework is dragged outside, ready for its next use.
- The panel is shown having been wheeled back towards the rear wall, ensuring we've enough space in the future for easy maintenance, tooling, etc.
- The odd surprise while cleaning: behind one of the rear covers, just discernible in the dust, is the downbeat message 'We're not going anywhere'; the same certainly can't be said of SPS!
- With Jamie's completed sanding and re-varnishing (needing several coats, of course!), Steve Gwinnett re-attaches the train describer plates to the front of the panel.
- The end result - wonderfully clean and tidy framework, ready for re-varnishing.
- Jamie Brooker removes the vertical train describer plates and edging from the panel frontage, and begins the task of carefully sanding the timber framework.
- Another key moment, as Laurence Stant completes the wiring-in of the final Printed Circuit Board (PCB) - a lasting testament to all those SPS members who gave up their time to solder all 350 of them!
- Another key moment, as Laurence Stant completes the wiring-in of the final Printed Circuit Board (PCB) - a lasting testament to all those SPS members who gave up their time to solder all 350 of them!
- With kind permission from Network Rail, 50 base units and associated fitments are recovered from the old Stoke Gifford panel at Bristol PSB by Tom Yardley; note the 'Out Of Use' lights illuminated.
- The completed suspended ceiling (with one tile temporarily removed for access) - fantastic!
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