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Thursday 3 March 2022

More Sunniside

Piston Pow Wow
Malcolm looking on as Brian reassembles AW No.2's air pump
Jim making a fusible plug
At Sunniside, Dennis has water fetched by Geoff
Removing old mortar from between platform coping stones .....
...... before fitting a broken section & stemming mortar in the joints
Geoff removing more weeds from the platform surface
Steve adjusting a coping as Ian watches
Rob adjusting while Ian & Steve shovel pack a coping which has been tilted
Geoff spreading ballast to lift the platform surface to the level of the copings
Dennis, Ian, Geoff, Rob & Steve improve the platform approach ramp

2 comments:

Strawberry_Lynn said...

Have you been having issues with the gauge, i.e. the distance between the platform and the carriages? I believe that Sunniside has been out of use for a good few months now

TRBlogMaster said...

Hi, no nothing wrong with the gauge. We started improving track at Sunniside around 2019/20, but this was suspended during Covid due to other priorities; more trackwork has taken place recently. People & trains during Covid were easier to handle between the stations with facilities, ie East Tanfield & Andrews House (Causey has also been closed). We're just catching up with a backlog of maintenance on Sunniside platform & access - there's more to do, but its nearing being ready for use.