Tuesday's Progress

The team turned up expecting wet weather but overall it was a reasonable day, however later the weather turned.

Colin starts off the story with pictures of the three track panels assembled during the day.  Looking north we can see the line heading towards the bridge, if you look closely you can see the screener which is visible on photos from under the bridge.  The gap is closing!

Looking south the tool van seems so much further away than last time but we now have a cunning plan.

Here is the view from the 19 miles marker post which was the head of steel after the last session.

You know I mentioned that cunning plan?  Well here is the first wheeled vehicle to move on rails on the southern part of the new track.  The tool trolley was pushed in to service (truly terrible pun) to move the necessary equipment up to the work site.  Andy G took the following pictures of the trolley running along the line. Steve is pushing the trolley to keep up with Glyn in the JCB.

Once the tools were in place the team cleaned rails and chairs of any dirt prior to inserting the rails, Tom and John work on the rails whilst Steve cleans the chairs

Colin took a short video showing the progress so far.

Like all great films the final shot from Andy shows one of the stars riding off in to the setting sun! Here Steve returns the empty trolley back to base.

A bit later the weather turned very cold so it was a case of just in time for the Tuesday Gang.  Thanks to Andy and Colin for the pictures.

Until next time

PS

Glynn managed to gather together the Tuesday Team for a group photo. Steve, John, Andy, Glyn, Tom, and Colin take a bow.