Track & Field Drain

Ian scraping the slime from part of ET car park .....

...... & loading ballast to replace the cover

Steve, George & Bill disconnecting track panels in ET headshunt

Ian, Jason & Steve clearing another set of fishplates to be unfastened

George & Kevin undoing plates - the crossing nose alongside needs to be installed

Bill, Kevin & Steve packing a joint in the bay platform

Dropping the jacks after packing

Digging to install a soakaway in front of the station entrance

Loading the dumper ......

..... for Geoff to unload

Steve carefully exposing the drain pipe .....

..... into which Bill cuts slots to better take away surface water

Loading more ballast ......

..... which is used to fill the trench - George, Ian & Steve levelling

Geoff dropping his last load

The soakaway should improve drainage in front of the station

Ian levelling off the ballast cover