Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive
December 2015
Photographs
This month we have:-
1. Joem with a Santa Train
2. The ex Fort railway bridge over the A1 being taken to Redmire
3. The footbridge at Brigg, Lincolnshire, which the WR has recently bought
4. The Direct Works Team building a platform extension ramp at Scruton
5. The Railway Heritage Trust award for the restoration of Scruton station
6. The Vegetation Team clearing the undergrowth at Scruton in readiness for the platform extension
7. Bedale Signal Box and Lever Frame
8. The temporary "polytunnel" type structure being constructed at Leeming Bar Yard to allow work to be done under cover during this winter
An article from the Northern Echo about the Fort railway bridge over the A1 can be seen here
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Photo - Andrew Gill
Joem heading a Santa train (22/12/2015)
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Photo - Andrew Gill
Joem heading a Santa train (22/12/2015)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
Fort bridge over the A1 at Caterick being cleared ready for removal (15/11/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
After removal the two sections of the Fort railway bridge were stored at Barton Lorry Park prior to being taken to Redmire (05/12/2015)
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Photo - Russ Williams
The first of the two sections of the ex A1 Fort rail bridge being manoeuvred at Redmire (08/12/2015)
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Photo - Russ Williams
The first of the two sections of the ex A1 Fort rail bridge being manoeuvred at Redmire (08/12/2015)
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Photo - Russ Williams
The first of the two sections of the ex A1 Fort rail bridge being manoeuvred at Redmire (08/12/2015)
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Photo - Russ Williams
The transporting trailer has now been removed from under the first of the two sections of the ex A1 Fort rail at Redmire (08/12/2015)
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Photo - Russ Williams
The second of the two sections of the ex A1 Fort rail bridge arriving at Redmire (08/12/2015)
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Photo - Russ Williams
The second of the two sections of the ex A1 Fort rail bridge being manoeuvred at Redmire (08/12/2015)
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Photo - Russ Williams
The second of the two sections of the ex A1 Fort rail bridge being jacked up at Redmire (08/12/2015)
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Photo - Russ Williams
The second of the two sections of the ex A1 Fort rail bridge being jacked up at Redmire (08/12/2015)
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Photo - Russ Williams
The first of the two sections of the ex A1 Fort rail bridge at Redmire (08/12/2015)
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Photo - David Walker
The two sections of the ex A1 Fort rail bridge at Redmire (14/12/2015)
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Photo - David Walker
An end on view of the second of the two sections of the ex A1 Fort rail bridge at Redmire (14/12/2015)
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Photo - Christine Johnstone
The footbridge at Brigg, Lincolnshire which the WR has recently bought (29/12/2012)
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Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team starting the infill on the W end of the present platform at Scruton by the SB. The rubble is coming from a waste heap west of the storage container. This phase 2 work is the initial short sect where the present platform will rise approx. 7 inches so that the phase 3 work - the 180 ft. wooden platform will be able to accommodate a 3 carriage length train (09/12/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team starting the infill on the W end of the present platform at Scruton by the SB. The rubble is coming from a waste heap west of the storage container. This phase 2 work is the initial short sect where the present platform will rise approx. 7 inches so that the phase 3 work - the 180 ft. wooden platform will be able to accommodate a 3 carriage length train (09/12/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team starting the infill on the W end of the present platform at Scruton by the SB. The rubble is coming from a waste heap west of the storage container. This phase 2 work is the initial short sect where the present platform will rise approx. 7 inches so that the phase 3 work - the 180 ft. wooden platform will be able to accommodate a 3 carriage length train (09/12/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The Vegetation Team kindly came to remove some trees for the phase 3 platform work at Scruton to take place and also to enable the boundary wall to be reinstated (09/12/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The Vegetation Team kindly came to remove some trees for the phase 3 platform work at Scruton to take place and also to enable the boundary wall to be reinstated (09/12/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The Vegetation Team kindly came to remove some trees for the phase 3 platform work at Scruton to take place and also to enable the boundary wall to be reinstated (09/12/2015)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
At the Railway Heritage Awards in London on 2nd December 2015, the Wensleydale Railway won the Railway Heritage Trust Conservation Award for the restoration of Scruton Station. The photo shows (left to right) Sir William McAlpine (Railway Heritage Trust), Lord Faulkner (National Heritage Railway Awards) and David Walker (Wensleydale Railway Trust) presenting the blue plaque at the awards ceremony (03/12/2015)
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Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team at the Whistle Stop Cafe enjoying their Xmas Dinner and seeing for the first time our National Railway Heritage Award which promotes us into the Premier League of Heritage Railways (09/12/2015)
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Photo - John Plowman
Bedale box and signal complete with ID plate (04/08/2015)
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Photo - John Plowman
Bedale Box with levers awaiting identification plates and also awaiting replacement track diagram (05/12/2015)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
A temporary covered "polytunnel" type structure is being constructed in Leeming Bar yard.
This is being built because of the urgent need to do some welding and other work which cannot be done exposed to the winter weather.
It is hoped that this structure will be able to be relocated elsewhere on the railway once the proposed new shed is built. (23/12/2015)Click here to see higher resolution photo
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
Work has begun to install a new set of points ready for a new siding to be laid at Leeming Bar. (--/12/2015)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
Work has begun to install a new set of points ready for a new siding to be laid at Leeming Bar. (--/12/2015)
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