Merry Christmas

The last working party before Christmas resulted in two further panels of track being relaid. A break in the middle of the day allowed the team to have a Christmas fish and chip lunch.  Andy G was on hand with his camera to catch the goings on.

We start looking north from the approaches to Weston station. In the foreground are the already relaid sections. In the distance the team can be seen working on the next sections.

At the worksite the rails have been lifted to the side to allow the sleepers and chairs to be moved to the side. In some cases the chairs come out separate to the sleepers so you can get an idea of how much some of the sleepers have deteriorated. 

Where there are multiple consecutive sleepers to replace the excavator is called into action to dig out the ballast before fresh sleepers are placed in position. Here we see the team after lunch just about to kick off a game of hide and seek

The excavator has removed the sleepers and levelled the trackbed ready for the replacement sleepers to be positioned.

In the final picture the first rail has been positioned and the sleepers are tweaked to allow the second rail to be fitted. Once in place the keys are inserted and the fishplates reinserted.

Thank you to all who have helped and to Andy for the pictures.

That brings to the blog postings for this year. I will be away for a few days so updates may take a while to be posted.

With that I wish you all a Merry Christmas and thank you for your support during the year.

Until next time.