Aln Valley Railway

Longhoughton Goods Yard - DMS, BS, DT, KSW, TS, IC, MH, Move the wooden sleepers chaired with NE type S1 chairs to the new stockpile; move keys, coach screws, chairs, clips, etc to new stock pile; move Ruston 48DS parts to trolleys with other parts; all other items to store; spread a ballast base (NB may possibly need spoil fill too); position a couple of sleepers, or possibly concrete curbs for resting the van body on., Baz and Dave arrived just after 8am in order to get a good days work in. The tractor was jumped off Mitzi and Baz then set about moving the rail at the far end on siding 1 in order to make it safe to pass while Dave set about moving small items such as insulating clips, Pandrol clips, etc. from the area earmarked for the van body. Dave T arrived and the two Dave’s moved the Ruston parts to the trolleys, and cleared the rest of the items from the van area. Kay and Tom undertook some more work on Scarth, and dismantled one of the wheel barrows to enable the wheel to be repaired. Ian assisted Baz with moving the rail, while the two Dave’s moved the chairs, etc. that had been on the rails. Mark turned up and after some attention to Quadtech trailer 2 he and Dave popped out to collect some wood sheets. The tractor was then used to move some chaired wooden sleepers from the van area and bring up some un chaired substandard ones for standing the van on, a ballast base was laid out and the sleepers spaced and levelled. All tasks on the agreed list completed.