Lifting fishplates fitted to newly laid E15 t/o 14/03/09

PW train shunted again across packed point, tomorrow running round! 07/03/09

A big lift to get somewhere near level, tamper to sort out once ballasting has occurred. 07/03/09

Pway train shunted off turnout by Foremarke Hall to allow packing to be undertaken 07/03/09

Last rail cut and fitted 07/03/09

After clipping up rails north of train, gap to platform 2 is half filled, service train waiting in platform 07/03/09

After a small gang (Glyn) pack the turnout timbers the Pway Train is pushed up to clear platform 05/03/09 (c) Goldbar

After the new Wednesday gang have finished just a few jobs to complete on Saturday 04/03/09

All rails in but not drilled, fishplated or clipped up! Didn't the Glyn's newly formed Wednesday Gang do well! 04/03/09

Multi-tasking Steve L cuts last rail for connection 04/03/09

Glyn and Steve W align rails, Steve L aligns sleepers 04/03/09

Twist rails in and drilled, next rails drilled by Steve L 04/03/09

Closure rail drilled and fixed down, stock rail in and starting to gauge 04/03/09

Glyn's Wednesday gang continue the work to connect up the new turnout to the extension 04/03/09

Two 39' rails required to fill gaps, hopefully newly established Wednesday gang can finish off to allow use next weekend! 28/02/09

Curved closure in and screwed down at offset measurement points 28/02/09

A 3rd gang lay out concrete sleepers to close the gap 28/02/09

Checkrail gauged and drilled, curved closure and stock rails going in 28/02/09

Curved closure rail moved up by roadrailer,twist rail clipped down 28/02/09

After Alan and Andy have cut and drilled rails. 2nd twist rail in as well, gang diverted to barrow crossing sleeper replacement 21/02/09

Twist and check rail placed in postion, tomorrow cutting and f/p hole drilling 20/02/09

Closure rail dropped in and roughly aligned 20/02/09

Another panel clipped up and slewed toward new turnout, all remaining PAn baseplates clipped up and screwed down 20/02/09

A view south showing progress, taken from the top of the sleeper pile 19/02/09

Roadrailer traverses newly laid turnout for the first time to drop off sleepers for gap 19/02/09

All SHC concrete sleepers now in, 3 panels clipped up, 2 panels of b/h drilled (c) Sammie Black 19/02/09

Roadrailer drops off & positions sleepers, JCB drags up check rail (c) Sammie Black 19/02/09

An easy way to turn a 60' rail, Tom Cowling!!!! 19/02/09

Roadrailer lifts in rail 19/02/09

Early birds hard at work gauging and drilling down replacement sleepers from platform 2 (c) Sammie Black 19/02/09

WOW! A roadrailer turns up and is put to use moving SHC concrete sleepers (c) Sammie Black 18/02/09

The northern gang (Clive, Alan, Andy & Sammie) finish off gauging and drilling straight closure and stock rails (c) Sammie Black 18/02/09

Fishplates on, Clive ably assisted by a rare gang member pictured on the site!!!! (c) Sammie Black

Rails clipped up, measure twice cut once works, again! (c) Sammie Black 18/02/09

Stock rail in, closure about to go in, have I cut them to the right length ?! (c) Sammie Black 18/02/09

Roadrailer puts down around 50 SHC sleepers in 80 minutes, rail in tomorrow, could we be ahead of schedule?!? 18/02/09