These two photographs show the recently repainted Wells Hut mess room and the Station with the painter Chris Johns working on the station canopy. The Wells Hut, Station building and Midford Box now all repainted it is looking very smart for the start of the season and the spring Gala. 4/3/9

Over the winter period the WSR permanent way team have been using Washford yard as a base for storing rail vehicles when working in the area. One of the road / rail swing shovels is seen leaving the yard on 12/3/9

On the 16/3/9 Kilmersdon under had her annual steam test. Nigel Smart brings her slowly down the track from the shed and then with the blower full on and the safety valves fully lifted Nigel can be seen in the cab with the boiler inspector who is watching all the gauges very carefully. Nigel is putting on the Drivers side injector to get more water in the boiler.

On 17/3/9 the Amey Plasser track aligning and tamping machine 'LYNX'  made an unscheduled visit to Washford yard so the engineers could reset all the test equipment. They needed the most level track they could find which was Washford yard. First of all seen in the station platform and then showing the monitoring equipment under the front end. Entering the yard and Plasser engineers checking the track under the machine. Finally the engineers check the track levels before resetting all the testing equipment.

17/3/9 - LNE Wagon. Having fitted the new headstock and end board the springs were refitted. One was found to be stamped GNR and Turton and Sons 1918 AY. The wagon does have 3 LNE axel boxes and one GNR.

Once the springs were in Nigel Smart, David Smart and Alastair Woodford push it out of the shed extension so the new transverse tie bar can be fitted. The wagon rolls very easily and although weighing about 5 tons can be easily hand shunted in and out by one person.

The final picture shows the unusual arrangement in the centre for a timber framed wagon, the draw bar does not go right through as in all our other timer framed wagons but it has two large springs which push on the centre transverse beams and are also the buffer springs.

A recent visitor to Washford spent 40 years working at Doncaster works of the old LNER and said he had never seen a timber framed wagon with this arrangement. So it must be quite unusual and possibly unique in the world of preservation unless someone out there knows otherwise!