A quick status update.

On Thursday the weather held fine for us after what can be described as a seriously grotty week! The jobs achieved here were the final preparations for the working week starting on the 15th. We have our fingers crossed for the weather holding out!

The last few bits were loaded onto a bogie bolster at the junction ready for the 08 to shunt it up to Parkend now the rails over the culvert have been replaced.

 

Check-rails, acres of baseplates and oodles of screws and pandrol clips loaded and ready to roll. Mind your feet by the way... (Pic - E.Dyer) 

Some of the last few baseplates had to be 'borrowed' from a redundant 'F' point. We are not sure where we acquired such a long bit of kit, but safe to say it had what we needed so a bit of gentle persuasion was required...

'Give him a wrench, he's the spanner man!' With apologies to Billy Joel. (Pic - S. Carrick)

While this went on, a few of our gang did a bit of last minute checking of levels and length calculations before the job begins.

Higher mathematics underway. (Pic - E.Dyer)

After a bit of scratching of heads and the judicious application of a tape measure, the marks are all in place and standing by for the rail saw on Monday.

 Surveying with John Sharpe. (Pic - S.Bolingbroke)

As we were leaving for the day, our friends from Quattro arrived to deliver bother trailers for the RRV's and their tools ready for work to begin. Unfortunately my phone decided to die so I couldn't take a picture. However, I was passing the site this morning and manged to grab a couple of snaps on them, as well as the RRV's which had turned up as well!

 Trailers and associated goodies on site. (Pic E.Dyer)

I wish they would let us keep one... (Pic. E Dyer)

That is all for now, stay tuned for more updates. Working week starts tomorrow for anyone interested in lending a hand!