Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive
March 2018
Photographs
This month we have:-
1. Steam locomotive 'Jennifer'.
2. DMUs at Redmire and Leyburn.
3. Construction of the Leyburn water tank. For more photos see here.
4. Infrastructure team working on the Leyburn loop. For more photos see here.
5. Parking Honesty box at Redmire.
6. Vegetation team at work.
7. Infrastructure team at work.
8. Railtrack staff assisting the Infrastructure team under there Volunteering leave facility.
9. Bedale Station Group work - Note that the station cafe is now open again on running days.
Ref - 3352
Photo - Andy Glendinning
The new Leeming Bar shed. Jennifer's smokebox. (23/03/2018)
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Ref - 3352
Photo - Andy Glendinning
The new Leeming Bar shed. Jennifer's smokebox. (23/03/2018)
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Ref - 3353
Photo - John Tong
Steam locomotive 'Jennifer' in Leeming Bar shed. Note that the shed floor has now been concreted. (21/03/2018)
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Ref - 3354
Photo - Andy Glendinning
The new Leeming Bar shed. The lady 'Jennifer' herself. (23/03/2018)
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Ref - 3355
Photo - Andy Glendinning
The New Shed. The LNWR Directors Saloon receives some TLC. (23/03/2018)
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Ref - 3356
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Redmire. Class 117 DMS 51400 had been added to Class 121 DMBS 55032 to cope with passenger numbers earlier in the day, is ready to form the last train back to Leeming Bar. (31/03/2018)
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Ref - 3357
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Leyburn. Last train of the day ready to return to Leeming Bar. (11/03/2018)
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Ref - 3358
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Leyburn West ex signal box base / St Matthew's Well. (10/03/2018)
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Ref - 3359
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Leyburn. Concrete pads to support the water tower. (10/03/2018)
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Ref - 3360
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Leyburn. New steelwork for the water tower. (10/03/2018)
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Ref - 3361
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Leyburn. New water tower base partially erected. (19/03/2018)
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Ref - 3362
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Leyburn. The tank in place 'just' the pipework to go. (21/03/2018)
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Ref - 3363
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Leyburn. New water tower ready to go. (31/03/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Leyburn. Temporary water crane. (31/03/2018)
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Ref - 3365
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Leyburn. The Leeming Saturday Infrastructure Gang continue to re-sleeper and join up panels to form the new loop. (10/03/2018)
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Ref - 3366
Photo - Alastair Connell
Andy Chapman of the Infrastructure Team drilling holes in the sleepers at the new west points at Leyburn (10/03/2018)
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Ref - 3367
Photo - Andy Glendinning
D9523 with the works train just into the new loop at Leyburn. (16/03/2018)
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Ref - 3368
Photo - Alastair Connell
A class 14 loco backing a works train onto the new loop at Leyburn (16/03/2018)
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Ref - 3369
Photo - Steve Hall
A car parking Honesty Box has been installed at Redmire by the Vegetation Team. Veg team member Stuart is seen in the picture (14/03/2018)
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Ref - 3370
Photo - Steve Hall
The railway advertising poster beside the bridge over the railway near Leyburn has been refurbished and replaced by members of the Vegetation team (26/03/2018)
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Ref - 3371
Photo - Andy Glendinning
More than a week after 'The Beast from the East' and this User Worked Crossing and approach track still blocked by snow. (10/03/2018)
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Ref - 3372
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Flatts Bridge, Leyburn (B26). Tree removal by the Vegetation Gang. (21/03/2018)
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Ref - 3373
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Flatts Bridge, Leyburn (Bridge 26). The Vegetation Gang bring another branch down. (21/03/2018)
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Ref - 3374
Photo - Ian Yale
The infrastructure team felling lineside trees (03/03/2018)
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Ref - 3375
Photo - Andy Chapman
This big sycamore has been greatly reduced by the infrastructure team (03/03/2018)
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Ref - 3376
Photo - Ian Yale
Photo taken after the trees and shrubs have been removed by the Infrastructure Team (03/03/2018)
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Ref - 3377
Photo - Andy Chapman
The infrastructure team collecting scrap rails from along the line (17/03/2018)
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Ref - 3378
Photo - Andy Waite
The Infrastructure team gathering up scrap rails at Wensley (24/03/2018)
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Ref - 3379
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Smiths Crossing Day One. Network Rail staff from York on Volunteering Leave get stuck in replacing sleepers along with WR volunteers. (27/03/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Smiths Crossing Day One. Network Rail staff from York on Volunteering Leave along with WR volunteers get stuck in replacing sleepers. (27/03/2018)
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Ref - 3381
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Smiths Crossing Day Two. All the new sleepers we had were installed,we could have done more but it would appear someone has misappropriated them. Tidying up the old sleepers. (28/03/2018)
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Ref - 3382
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Smiths Crossing Day Two. Just the laborious task of packing the new sleepers to go. (28/03/2018)
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Ref - 3383
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Icicles outside the Waiting Room at Bedale Station (02/03/2018)
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Ref - 3384
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Andy Crawford completing the repainting of the platform edge at Bedale (20/03/2018)
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Ref - 3385
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Brian Harland creosoting the fence at the top of the bank at Bedale opposite the station (20/03/2018)
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Ref - 3386
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Paul Bainbridge fixing supports for the new roses opposite Bedale Signal Box (27/03/2018)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The Whistle Stop Café at Bedale open again (27/03/2018)
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