Work in Progress - Thursday 17th June

A Bright and sunny summers day on Exmoor.  The Thursday gang were tasked with a variety of track maintenance jobs such as jacking and packing a low spot near one of the occupation crossings and further tidying of the track ballast by raking the stone off the sleeper ends and levelling the shoulder as required.

Finally by 3pm all the remaining untidied ballast along the whole line had been attended to for this year by the permanent way gangs.

1. AXE arrives at Killington Lane in glorious Devon sunshine.



2.  Various Volunteers packing ballast on the line.



3. Standing back whilst AXE passes by.



4. Richard Willey raking off ballast from the sleeper ends near Killington Lane.



5. Dave, Martyn and Brom tidying the ballast shoulders.



6. Dave, Martyn and the dogs resting for a moment in the hot, sticky weather.

There will be no report from Woody Bay Thursday 24th as the Thursday Gang will be a having a well deserved day out to L & B member Charles Doble's private narrow gauge railway near Tiverton.