East Tanfield Development

Inserting one of the baseplates (drilled yesterday) under a crossing nose .....

..... & barring the other one under its nose

Dennis screwing down one end of the curved closure .....

..... while I cut the other to length
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Steve drilling the end .....

..... then Rob & Dave fit fishplates

Two cherry pickers & a fork lift have arrived for erection of steelwork, which is due for delivery

Screwing down a crossing nose .....

...... & preparing the other

Dave & Steve keying

Dennis adding a short check rail .....

..... & fishplating it to an existing section

Adding more check chairs

Rob removing old ferrules

Ian spreading & levelling ballast

Steve & Dennis dropping in another check rail

Starting to connect the crossing to the curve into the carriage shed

In order to tie sections together, this CS1 ....

..... is being replaced ......

..... with timber

A semi aerial view of the work site
(photo courtesy of Ian Cowan)

Dennis manning the crossing for the returning works loco