Step aside now, Derek... |
Joking aside, we finished off the pea gravel transport in the traditional way, with just a stretch of 5 planks to go, in suspense while we wait for the bricklaying to finish. Here the planks are being brought down in a pea gravel 'train' and laid on top ready for next time.
Four more scaffolding planks go in. |
Luckily john has a perfect tool for this job, a German pipe cutter which also chamfers the end. Neat piece of kit. In this way we were able to save about half of the broken pipe.
The brick layers had another dry day, despite the forecast of heavy showers, which we didn't see. They worked on the 90m and 100m sections, the last two before the mid point. The 90m section had two rows of reds put on, and a row of corbelling - one last row to go, and it is complete.
Tony backing up the penultimate layer on the 90m section. |
There were no trains today, or is this a train?
Beep-beep... |
It was a neat piece of kit. You wind down a jack and as it rises into the air, you can then store the rail wheels, and turn it through 90 degrees, after which you drive off. It came on that trailer in the distance.
In the foreground, Derek and Brian have been loading corbelling blues for John to lay.
All day, heavy lorries from the contractors Kier shuttled backwards and forwards between the stand they are excavating, and the field behind the signal box. There's a lot more excavated spoil to come...
Finally, I'm sorry to report the crew were somewhat disgruntled today, because someone forgot to bring the milk. Last week's milk was still there, but had set solid. It was black coffee and black tea all day, not at all right. Yes, guilt is indeed written all over your blogger's face. Must remember stuff !
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That train ain't a golf cart. It's a John Deere Gator off-road buggy with a road-rail conversion by Harsco Track Technologies. Now largely superseded on the big railway by Kawasaki Mules and Kubota RRVs.
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