12 January 2008
Working Party Report
Longhoughton Goods Yard - BS, DMS, MH, AH, a tidy up. I have un-keyed a few more rails on the stacks so these can be lifted down. There are still some small track components at the south end to bag up. If the wind is light as suggested it may be an idea to modify the sheets for the Mk 2 BFK., Baz and Dave S arrived and made a start on picking up rubbish from around the site. The Atlas was then fired up and used to lift the out of profile rail out from road 1. The other lengths were also lifted out and moved to stockpile. The sleepers were then moved out the way, to give access to a pile of spoil that has been dropped in this area during earlier (Easter?) earthworks and landscaping. This was re-graded, and a number of rail chairs that had been left here were recovered. A start was then made on dismantling the panels in the back stack (the one that was trapped behind the ballast wagon before we moved this), and this continued throughout the day, with the assistance of Mark and Alistair.