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During January 2010, the continually wet weather kept me off the land so apart from assembling a few track panels, very little progress was made. In February we returned to the UK. However during March and early April, I was blessed with the help on not one but two Peters! |
Firstly Pedro was out from Cambridge MES and we made good use of him in calculating the awkward curves required to join up the two sections of track in the run-around loop, Meanwhile the other Peter shovelled many loads of ballast.........
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.....as well as playing trains.
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The shovel on the ground is the rudimentary wheel brake for the trucks!
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Here Pedro is depositing a load of ballast at his feet. |
Hmmm; where is everybody? Must have been lunch break. |
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Pedro just checking that we are actually running both tracks parallel.
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April 2010: Works train with both ballast wagons in use as work progresses on the run-around loop. |
April 2010: View from the tuntable showing the newly ballasted run-around siding.
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April 2010: View showing completed run-around loop and stretch of track down incline nearing completion. |
April 2010: Looking back to the yard area. The track to the left curves round to the incline up to the loco shed whereas the two tracks to the right go to the turntable.
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June 2010: Installing roller doors on the stock shed was a difficult job on my own. |
October 2010: Now the temperature has cooled a bit I can continue with the trackbed formation. Here with the trackbed flat & level I have laid the weed comtrol fabric prior to ballasting. |
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November 2010: Ballasting & track laying continu es
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November 1st: Track advances beyond the neighbours stables at last!
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November 1st 2010: The PW Gang (me) continue to lay track at a great pace of just 4 metres per day. |
The Speeder on PW duties. |
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November 2nd 2010
Left: Yes that is my 60th Birthday cake resting on the Lister, whilst I pose for friends' cameras......
Above: .... and it's an excuse to run trains again, as if I needed it! |
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Time for tea....... |
 .....and celebration. |
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 Late November 2010 see us track laying again with the assistance of Marc Russell and my little red Italian friend.
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 Tamping the ballasted so that the sleepers are firmly supported is a time consuming but important job. I am using a wooden rake handle for this job. |
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Levelling the newly dumped ballast with a rake having first made sure all the sleepers are sufficiently packed.
Testing the newly laid track.