Black Meadow Crossing Update

Although not yet finished we would like to share with you the progress on the restoration of the crossing by the CHR volunteers.

Guy and his camera have been out again to record the latest progress.  However we start this photographic journey in December 2016 with the lifting of the weed-ridden track.  

Since then many hundreds of hours have been spent by our volunteers working first on clearing the trackbed, preparing the sub base/materials, replacing the track and then ballasting. Not forgetting the installation of all of the drainage system.

Here is the view from the same location on Saturday. Quite a change.

We will now have have a  tour of the crossing, the  latest photos start with a view of the newly installed access gate.

Here is the gate from the far side of the crossing.

The fencing to the right has also been added.  The site fencing is to prevent people from straying on to the construction site.

Looking along the line to Weston you can just see the current limit of operation on the running line.

The crossing is now in place allowing our neighbour to access their fields. We are very grateful to our neighbours for the support they gave during the rebuilding.

The crossing now has warning signs which now mean something.  It had been a while since trains had run along this section.

The limit of operations will gradually be extended down to the cattle creep, possibly by the time of the Santa services.  The limiting factor is the number of volunteer hours.  If you fancy lending a hand come along and see what we are doing and talk to the team.

Thanks to Guy for the pictures.

Until next time