Scunthorpe Cold Steeler No 23 - 8th January 2022

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Frodingham platform showing our headboard and Alan Sheppard.<br>[© Kev Adlam 2022]	The CEW Dock line - clearer than normal.<br>[&copy; Ian Mortimer 2022]	The new fifth mini-blast furnace was commissioned at Scunthorpe during our tour. Chief Stokers Neil & Archie Lewis got the stove hotter than they had ever done before (the AFRPS guy doing commentary was amazed and said he had never seen one so hot). It was so hot in Van 'B' that even with both end doors open to let in cold fresh air, they were all just in shirts and still had sweat on their foreheads - the wooden interior literally made it look and feel like a sauna. When the door to the stove was opened, as in the photo, the heat was so intense you couldn't stay near it for more than a few seconds. There were comments from those on the cold balconies that they were enjoying the heat coming through the open doors and some were leaning against the wall of the brake van as it felt warm from the outside!<br>[&copy; Mark Haggas 2022]	Another 'highlight' - the High Lines, the limit reached looking towards end of line - you always get one - in this case it was the Editor.<br>[&copy; Ian Mortimer 2022]	On the Muck Bank loop passing those decrepit, deformed wagons as iron ore from Immingham arrives on the Foreign Ore Branch.<br>[&copy; Ian Mortimer 2022]	The 24 different ways of arranging 4 brakevans. - Part 1<br>[&copy; Mark Haggas 2022]	The 24 different ways of arranging 4 brakevans. - Part 2<br>[&copy; Mark Haggas 2022]