Platform Preparation

In order to build and gain access to the temporary north North Pole platform, there are several hundred tons of material to shift:

Henry fetching ballast in the hired dumper ....

..... for Vic to spread .....

..... to create temporary access .....

.....so that the dumper can move spoil

Vic filling the dumper at the SE corner
of the carriage shed

Vic is sitting on part of the mound to be removed

Dumper seat view of Vic at work

Our dumper was also pressed into use,
until gearbox problems stopped it

In the workshop, Brian has reattached the mounting lug on the loading bucket