Five On Friday

There really is no rest at the moment as we push forward with the Weston extension

Friday saw Pete, Andrew, Malcolm and Glynn, who took the following pictures, working on the section to the south of the bridge. 

We start with the view to the north of the bridge looking towards Oswestry station. This section requires final adjustment of the ballast, jacking and packing to final levels.  The signage is in place as necessary.

To the south of the bridge the trackbed had been left clear to allow vehicles to reach the work site.  Now that the major work is complete it was time to fill in this section to allow tracklaying to continue towards Weston.  The first step is to put down a layer of ballast on to which the sleepers will be positioned.

The first loads of ballast were dropped and spread along the trackbed, Pete and Andrew directed operations and Malcom did the honours with the machinery.  In between drops Malcolm levelled the piles and also brought up alongside the trackbed the rails, ready for the tracklaying team to roll in to position.   The sleepers were positioned previously close to where they will be required. 

At the end of the day five full truck loads of ballast were dropped and made ready for the tracklaying team.  This is the view looking north towards the Shrewsbury Road bridge. 

Thanks to Glynn for the photos and all who helped, keep watching as we continue to push towards Weston.

We have also received support for the station at Weston but we need to raise funds to cover the CHR part.  More details will be posted soon but we will need to raise a further thirty thousand pounds to complete the engineering works for the station.

Until next time.