With the works at Ainderby and Ladyfield all wrapped up, mid- September saw us head 20 miles west to the opposite end of the railway at Redmire. We delivered a short, 2x panel relay off the front of the flat- bottom points behind the Jonas Centre, for no better reasons than we had the rails, sleepers and ballast in stock, plus we needed some spare lengths of 90lb bullhead rail to remove defects with locally. The job was delivered over three days: one day's worth of vegetation bashing to create working space alongside, one day to deliver materials, rip out the existing bullhead track and dig, and one day to relay the new materials, tip stone and pack with the Robel hand tampers. The job was handed back to traffic ready for the weekend with a 5mph TSR in place, but we've got a Volker Rail main line tamper visiting for training next week which should put a really nice top on it.
West of the points towards the platform, we've made a start on yet more spot- replacement of rotten softwood sleepers fitted with pre-grouping chairs. Three in a row were changed around a joint, where the combination of vertical movement and poor drainage was causing wet beds.
Last but not least, we spent yesterday (Saturday) prepping Leyburn loop for tamping next week, including spreading the ballast we dropped previously, marking-up lifts and slews, highlighting obstacles etc.
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| Every job should start with a good bonfire |
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| Completing the dig |
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| First length of concrete sleepers in and fine-lined |
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| Rails installed and all clipped-up |
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| Ballasted, hand tamped and cross-levels checked. Good for 5mph until the tamper pays a visit |
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| Slurried ballast dug out and new sleepers going in |
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| New sleepers around the joint and backfilled with clean ballast |
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