Lots happening as ever on the Railway, with progress on a number of fronts. Last Friday saw us make a start on "heavy maintenance" at Westfield Farm near Wensley, where we've had to impose a TSR due to various issues including rail creep. In order to pull the rails back and regulate the gaps at the joints, we've first had to establish an "anchor" at the west end, so we've got something solid to pull against. Ineffective elastic spikes in BR1 baseplates have been replaced with two part maintenance spikes, which open up in the worn holes in the sleepers a bit like a rawlplug. We also changed 5x sleepers and trialled the ultra- thin NRS1 baseplates for the first time on the WR.
Saturday saw us making a start on the switch panel for the new points in the yard at Leeming. The existing track was dug out and dismantled, serviceable hardwood timbers installed and the switches laid roughly in position. We were ably assisted by Roger on the mini-digger, but the two 11 foot timbers for the hand lever had to be dug into the banking by hand.
Works tackled midweek include collecting yet more redundant materials kindly donated by Amey Rail from Doncaster, changing even more knackered sleepers where we had another broken fishplate at Wensley and further work on the points in the yard.
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| First use of NRS1 baseplates on the WR, having replaced loose and ineffective BR1 baseplates and spikes around a joint |
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| Andy G demonstrates how to hammer in maintenance spikes, as well as his bald spot........ |
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| Hardwood timbers laid out for the new switches in the yard |
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| End of play last Saturday |
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| First switch cut- in on Wednesday. Starting to look like points now!! |
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