The team was in action both on Tuesday and Thursday this week. Work is concentrating on the laying of the refuge siding and it's point on the running line. Two panels of very tired wooden sleepers have been removed and replaced by concrete sleepers and point timbers.
Andy G was on hand with his camera and Phil B also took pictures.
We start looking at the area that has been cleared for the point. This was the view on Tuesday as the old wooden sleepers were cleared away.
With the sleepers to the side and out of the way the area under the point has the ballast removed by the excavator. Some manual adjustment of the levels was required and the traditional shovel still has a place in this mechanised world.
With the trackbed prepared the concrete sleepers of plain track were placed in position.
By the end of Tuesday the sleepers were in place and the area visible to the right had been cleared and prepared to start assembly of the point.
On Thursday the point timbers started to be moved into position from where they had been stored alongside the line.
Phil B's picture shows the point components in place and being checked for correct position.
By the end of the day most of the timbers and major components of the point were in place. Time to put away the tools and return to base for a final mug of tea.
Thanks to Andy G and Phil B for the pictures. Another successful week. Now that things are returning to normal a working week is being planned to prepare the existing running line for a return to operation. Once details are available of the return of trains on CHR I will post an update.
Until next time.
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