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Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Today at Tanfield Railway

Dave starting to disassemble a short section of track ......
..... under Gibraltar Bridge, ready for resleepering tomorrow
Removing a spiked chair
Moving rails out of the way
Brian & Peter working on Horden's axleboxes
Ian making a ramp rail, for moving stock onto a low loader
Dave fitting a helicoil to a timber which is staying in place
Dave & I fitting one of 14 replacement chairs
(photos courtesy of Bob Payne)
Removing the last sleeper of the batch
Colin & Alan keeping time
(photo courtesy of Bob Payne)
Bob & Chris bagged this coal today - much more is needed through Easter

2 comments:

Unknown said...

When are the planned trackwork days?
-Jon

Derek said...

Jon
Currently, track maintenance often takes place Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Relaying in Andrews House station starts after Easter.