Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive


May 2016
Photographs
This month we have:-
1. The Renaming of Class 47 Locomotive "Haymarket"
2. A Railwayana item being sold at auction in aid of the Wensleydale Railway 2016 Challenge
3. Work by the Leyburn Infrastructure Team
4. A new Station Sign at Leyburn supplied by Campbells of Leyburn
5. Work at Scruton by the Direct Works Team
6. Work by the Vegetation Team at Northallerton West
Auction of Railwayana Item
One of the pictures below is of a Wagon Plate from Gittus's of Penistone. John Smithson has taken up the "Wensleydale Railway 2016 Challenge" and will be raising money by auctioning the item at the next available Great Central Railwayana Auction (http://www.gcrauctions.com/) on 3rd September 2016. It is in excellent condition and measures about 9 1/4 inches by 6 3/4 inches. It is cast iron and weighs 3 to 4 pounds. If anybody is very keen to buy it or to contact him about it, please email him on john.smithson6@gmail.com .>

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Photo - Wensleydale Railway
The Class 47 Loco has been renamed "Haymarket". See below for more details.
(L-R) Nigel Park, Keith Madeley, Cllr David Jeffels, Cllr Carl Les, Paul Warren (--/05/2016)
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Photo - Wensleydale Railway
The Class 47 Loco has been renamed "Haymarket". See below for more details.
(L-R) Nigel Park, Keith Madeley, Cllr David Jeffels, Cllr Carl Les, Paul Warren (--/05/2016)Click here to see higher resolution photo
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Photo - Alex Lomax
47715 'Haymarket' can be seen working its first train since a repaint into Revised NSE colours - a works train conveying 11 ZCA's (Sea Urchins) loaded with spoil from Bedale Loop to the MOD sidings at Redmire. This was so the track from Bedale Loop could be lifted and used to replace track at Castle Hills (14/05/2016)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Loco 47715 "Haymarket" at Bedale during the WensleyAle Festival (30/05/2016)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
69023 "Joem" leaving Leyburn (14/05/2016)
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Photo - John Smithson
John Smithson has taken up the "Wensleydale Railway 2016 Challenge" and will be raising money by auctioning a Wagon Plate from Gittus's of Penistone at the next available Great Central Railwayana Auction on 3rd September 2016. He expects it to make between £100 & £200.
It is in excellent condition and measure's about 9 1/4 inches by 6 3/4 inches, It is cast iron and weighs 3 to 4 pounds (--/05/2016)Click here to see higher resolution photo
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
The Leyburn Infrastructure Team helping out at Finghall by digging out about 60 sleepers with the railway's digger (16/05/2016)
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Photo - Paul Kenyon
Campbells of Leyburn, the Leyburn Station sponsors, have very kindly provided two new station entrance boards. These are in addition to all the other signs they've provided which add so much to the station ambience
The Railway is very grateful for the substantial sponsorship by Campbells to Leyburn Station over the years (--/05/2016)Click here to see higher resolution photo
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Photo - John Tong
35 concrete sleepers arrive from Aiskew for foundations of Phase 3 of the platform extension at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
Before the platform work at Scruton could commence the south side 20' ISO Container had to be moved west again (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The telehandler pushes the container at Scruton and is assisted by WR's digger (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The digger couldn't help, and the telehandler was pushing the contr to the edge and into the fence at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The telehandler leaves to turn around at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The telehandler leaves to turn around at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The telehandler now prepares to pull the container west at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The telehandler now prepares to pull the container west at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The telehandler pulls the container west on skids to its interim last place at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The container came off its skids and is out of alignment at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The container is now square on to the track and correctly positioned at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The first three concrete sleepers are being moved into position at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The first three concrete sleepers are positioned at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
More sleepers are unloaded from the trailer in the car park at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The telehandler with sleepers negotiates the path from the car park at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The telehandler with sleepers negotiates the path from the car park at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
All 35 concrete sleepers are sited ready for final location for Scruton platform extension (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
All 35 concrete sleepers are sited ready for final location for Scruton platform extension (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
Frequent movement left a few furrows !!! for Scruton platform extension (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The telehandler and trailer at Scruton (02/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The mini-digger digs out the first trenches ready for ballast and the concrete sleepers for Scruton platform extension (04/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
Spoil goes into the powered wheelbarrow for Scruton platform extension (04/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
The concrete sleeper is moved to the trench for Scruton platform extension (04/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
Ballast is tipped into a trench for Scruton platform extension (04/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
Tamping down the ballast in a trench for Scruton platform extension. The wooden platform jig can be seen on the rails in the background (04/05/2016)
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Photo - John Tong
A sign now on Scruton's platform gate, having been screwed into position (10/05/2016)
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Photo - Steve Hall
The Vegetation Clearance Team working between Romanby foot crossing and Ladyfield Farm UWC (11/05/2016)
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Photo - Steve Hall
The Vegetation Clearance Team working between Romanby foot crossing and Ladyfield Farm UWC (11/05/2016)
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Photo - Steve Hall
The Vegetation Clearance Team working between Romanby foot crossing and Ladyfield Farm UWC (11/05/2016)
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Photo - Steve Hall
The Vegetation Clearance Team working between Romanby foot crossing and Ladyfield Farm UWC (11/05/2016)
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Photo - Steve Hall
Some vandals have cut off and removed the support rail at the Romanby foot crossing (11/05/2016)
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Photo - Steve Hall
Another view of the vandalism at the Romanby foot crossing (11/05/2016)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
More vegetation clearance between Romanby foot crossing and Ladyfield Farm UWC (18/05/2016)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
More vegetation clearance between Romanby foot crossing and Ladyfield Farm UWC (18/05/2016)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
More vegetation clearance between Romanby foot crossing and Ladyfield Farm UWC (18/05/2016)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
More vegetation clearance between Romanby foot crossing and Ladyfield Farm UWC (18/05/2016)
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Wensleydale Railway News Release - 1st June 2016
Renaming Ceremony following restoration and repainting of Class 47 Diesel Locomotive.
Councillor David Jeffels, immediate past chairman of North Yorkshire County Council and Keith Madeley, chairman of the Yorkshire Society, 'Mr. Yorkshire', recently renamed a Class 47 Diesel Locomotive following restoration and repainting by volunteers of the Wensleydale Railway.
The locomotive, renamed 'Haymarket' has been painted in Network South East livery. The Haymarket name comes from its time working in Scotland before its transfer to the South East.
Keith Madeley, at the tender age of 16 joined British Rail in Bradford and on gaining a promotion went to work in the South East and became Britain's youngest Station Master at the age of 21, an achievement which Keith is still immensely proud of today. The locomotive is one the many he would have seen and managed when working on the South East Network.
The locomotive, built in 1966 is owned by Harry Needle Railway Company (HNRC) and is on loan to the Wensleydale Railway for use on the Railway's regular timetable.
"We began this project with great enthusiasm and after four months of very hard work, the results are impressive. We still have some minor jobs to do to complete the project, but will be ready to use Haymarket on our service from this summer onward. The restoration work has been undertaken by Wensleydale Railway volunteers with the support of local people and businesses," commented Wensleydale Railway general manager, Nigel Park.
The Wensleydale Railway is one of the longest heritage railway routes in the country and operates a daily service in the main season between Leeming Bar and Redmire with Wednesday and Saturdays for the Northallerton-Leeming Bar section. The Railway is considering an extension of the line from Redmire to Aysgarth Falls, a return to the centre of Northallerton, and a general upgrade of the line, stations and trains.
Pictured: (L-R) Nigel Park, general manager, Wensleydale Railway, Keith Madeley 'Mr Yorkshire', chairman if the Yorkshire Society, Cllr David Jeffels, immediate past chairman of NYCC, Cllr Carl Les, leader of NYCC, Paul Warren, Wensleydale Railway Volunteer.
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