Work in Progress - Thursday 6th August

After a July of unsettled weather at Woody Bay, August sees the return of drier, hotter, proper summer weather with a recommencement of the weedkilling program down the line and on the sidings.

 

1 Suitably protected, Martyn Budd handsprays the lineside.

2 Heddon Hall with the weedkilling wagon near Killington Lane

3 The weedkilling train near Killington Lane

4 Martyn sprays track in the transhipment siding and headshunt siding

5 During a shunt move on the transhipment siding, AXE passes with the 15:15 from Killington Lane

 

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Other work carried out today included the fitting of a staircase with concrete base in the shed to access the mezzanine floor area above the workshop.
 

6 Brian Pullen with the nearly completed wooden staircase to access the mezzanine floor above the workshop

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Meanwhile more S & T work required the digging out by hand of two holes and a trench across the track for the cable run and pulleys to operate a new shunt signal to faciltate the run round movements from the shed to the down platform.  

7 Richard Willey and Peter Sugden trying concrete pulley bases for position.

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Photos: Nigel Thompson