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The Scruton Station Heritage Education Volunteers have been awarded both the Marsh Trust Museum Learning Award for the Yorkshire Region and the National Marsh Trust Award for Museum Learning, in a prestigious ceremony at the British Museum in London. The awards are made annually to volunteers in the heritage sector for their outstanding contributions to museum learning and engagement.
The team outside British Museum - Margaret Tong, Joy Redfearn, Wendy Shepherd, John Tong (25/09/2017)

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The Scruton Station Heritage Education Volunteers have been awarded both the Marsh Trust Museum Learning Award for the Yorkshire Region and the National Marsh Trust Award for Museum Learning, in a prestigious ceremony at the British Museum in London. The awards are made annually to volunteers in the heritage sector for their outstanding contributions to museum learning and engagement.
The team at the British Museum - John Tong, Margaret Tong, Tug Lee, Virginia Arrowsmith, Grahame Shepherd, Joan Walker, Beryl Smith, Wendy Shepherd, Joy Red (25/09/2017)

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Photo - Andy Glendinning

Back in May, the Redmire station sign needs some TLC (16/05/2017)

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Photo - Andy Glendinning

Proud 'father' Andy Rutherford stands next to his 'baby', the refurbished Redmire sign which he has just reinstalled. (To avoid any doubt the liquid refreshment on the near post belonged to the photographer who was not on duty)' (09/09/2017)

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Photo - John Tong

Temporary hanging of the Back Gate at Scruton (27/09/2017)

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Photo - John Tong

The Direct Works Team painting the Back Gate at Scruton before hanging (27/09/2017)

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Photo - John Tong

The Direct Works Team building the Stone Post for the Back Gate at Scruton (27/09/2017)

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Photo - John Tong

The Direct Works Team putting the Capstone on the Stone Post for the back gate at Scruton (27/09/2017)

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Photo - John Tong

The Direct Works Team start the building of a Log Store at Scruton (27/09/2017)

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Photo - Bill Briggs

Looking eastwards from Argill Farm UWC towards Spennithorne Bridge after work by the Vegetation Clearance Team (27/09/2017)

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Photo - Ian Yale

class 14 approaching having returned from a round trip to Redmire (09/09/2017)

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Photo - Ian Yale

DMU passes the site near Finghall where re-sleepering has resulted in normal line speed being re-instated (30/09/2017)

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Photo - Andy Glendinning

47715 stands at the head of a 15 wagon megatrain at Redmire. Earlier some of the wagons had been used to deliver track materials along the line. After shunting to collect the rest of the wagons the train headed back east. Six of the HNRC ZCA wagons are due to go for scrap. (29/09/2017)

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Photo - Alastair Connell

View of the works train at Redmire from the cab of the diesel loco 47715 (29/09/2017)

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Photo - Alastair Connell

Inside the drivers cab of loco 47715 (29/09/2017)

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Photo - Alastair Connell

A view of the line from the cab of diesel loco 47715 (29/09/2017)

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Photo - Andy Glendinning

Logs collected from the Argill Farm area being transported to Bedale for the Vegetation Gang. The lever frame just came along for the ride. (29/09/2017)

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Photo - Alastair Connell

The works train in Bedale siding. It was being used to transport material along the length of the line (29/09/2017)

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Photo - Alastair Connell

Bedale siding is now fully complete and wagons able to go right to the buffer stops (30/09/2017)

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Photo - Ian Yale

The Infrastructure Team about to change some sleepers - Six serviceable sleepers had been trollied up from Finghall woods to Constable Burton to replace defective wooden sleepers within the ESR site west of the loop (09/09/2017)

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Photo - Ian Yale

After changing sleepers at Constable Burton (09/09/2017)

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Photo - Ian Yale

'before photograph' - showing dumped ballast that covers the whole of the track - the infrastructure team was required to remove excess ballast around the chair so that the Tamping machine can tamp/lift track either side of the sleeper approx 700yds of sleepers were exposed for forthcoming tamping at two sites between Bedale and Crakehall (09/09/2017)

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Photo - Ian Yale

further stretch of dumped ballast that was completely hiding the chairs and sleepers (09/09/2017)

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Photo - Ian Yale

showing cleared ballast around the chair and sleeper so that Tamper operative can identify the location of each sleeper to be able to tamp/lift / grade etc (09/09/2017)

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Photo - Andy Chapman

An infrastructure team of four finished off rand grange 2 and 3 UWC's, both are now fit for foot and farm traffic. (23/09/2017)

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Photo - Ian Yale

Resleepering the site of former TSR (Temporary Speed Restriction) near Finghall (30/09/2017)

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Photo - Alastair Connell

Andy Glendinning and Ian Yale changing sleepers between Finghall and Constable Burton (30/09/2017)

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Photo - Ian Yale

An approaching DMU interupts the infrastructure Team work temporarily near Finghall (30/09/2017)

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Photo - Ian Yale

Dry stone walling out of discarded ballast - may confuse the rabbits temporarily until they figure out they can go around (30/09/2017)

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