Aln Valley Railway

Longhoughton Goods Yard - BS, DMS, KM, TS, DT, IC, NB, recovering track components from panel stacks and inserting rails into road 1, Baz & Dave S arrived and started by firing up the Atlas and moving the sheets for use later in the day. Baz then lifted the rail out of the top panel on stack 1 and moved these to the stockpile. The sleepers were then lifted down and laid out in the gap in Road #1. The next set of rails from stack 1 were then lifted down and dropped into the gap on Road #1. It transpired that one rail was too long so an alternative rail was sourced from another panel. The rails were then turned in and keyed up. The small gap on one side was bridged, and the ballast wagon was then moved over onto road 1 ext to DX98702. This brought us up to the lunch break. After lunch Dave measured up some more panels. Baz, Ian, Tom & Dave T prepared the sheets to go over the Mark 2s. Kay continued work inside the TSO. Kenny delivered some more materials for the GVB. The 110v genny was fired up in the late afternoon to provide some light – and a minor tidy up was undertaken too.