Wensleydale Railway Rail Link Photos

Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive

July 2018

Photographs

This month we have:-
1. The Merchant Navy Class Locomotive British India Line 35018 has been on our line - For more photos see the dedicated page.
2. Various diesel locomotives on the line.
3. A visit from America by the Scruton's to see Scruton village and station.
4. Work by the Bedale Station Support Group (the cafe is also now reopened).
5. Leyburn Station team held a coffee morning to raise funds for the footbridge at their station.
6. The J27 steam loco belonging to the North Eastern Railway Preservation Society has now arrived on our line for August.
7. Drainage investigation works carried out at Leeming Bar as part of the process for the application of a Heritage Lottery Grant.
8. Work by the Direct Works Team at Scruton.
9. Work by the Infrastructure Team.
10. Ballasting of the new loop at Leyburn station.
11. An article from the Darlington and Stockton News about our new Volunteer Co-ordinator. There is a photo below and at the bottom of the page is the text from the Newspaper article.

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Photo - Andy Galpin
Merchant Navy Class Locomotive British India Line 35018 crossing the Swale bridge on its way onto our line (20/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Galpin
Merchant Navy Class Locomotive British India Line 35018 crossing the Swale bridge on its way onto our line (20/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
20166 tops up radiator water at Leyburn on the 1540 Leeming Bar-Redmire. (07/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
20166 passes Finghall Lane on the 1400 Leeming Bar-Redmire. (08/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
33035 on a test run at the head of the DMU set on the 1540 Leeming Bar-Redmire. (11/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
33035 at Leyburn on its test run with the DMU. (11/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
33035 waits to start the 1705 Redmire-Leeming Bar. (11/07/2018)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
33035 arriving at Leyburn Station showing the surrounding building works going on. (14/07/2018)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
33035 Leaving Redmire. (14/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
33035 at the head of the 0945 Leeming Bar-Redmire arrives at Leyburn during the Wensleydale Ale and Rail Weekend. (14/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
20166 arrives at Leyburn standing in for a poorly D9523 at the head of the 1100 Leeming Bar-Redmire. (14/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Second day of the Wensleydale Ale and Rail Weekend.Repaired D9523 stands at the head of the 1540 Leeming Bar-Redmire. (15/07/2018)
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Photo - Richard Booth
Terry and Genie Scruton visited Scruton station. They were on the their first vist to the UK and wanted to visit the village and station which bore there name. (11/07/2018)
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Photo - Richard Booth
Terry and Genie Scruton visited Scruton station. They were on the their first vist to the UK and wanted to visit the village and station which bore there name. Seen here with two Scruton volunteers (11/07/2018)
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Photo - Richard Booth
Terry and Genie Scruton visited Scruton station. They were on the their first vist to the UK and wanted to visit the village and station which bore there name. Seen here with two Scruton volunteers (11/07/2018)
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Photo - Ian Yale
Class 47 loco t Leeming Bar. Undergoing a bit of maintenance before leaving the railway (20/07/2018)
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Photo - Peter Harbord
The new tenant of the café at Bedale, Will (right), and Colin his assistant (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Peter Harbord
Paul Bainbridge (a member of the Bedale Station Support Group) keeping the front of Bedale Station House tidy (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Peter Harbord
The tidied area behind the signal box at Bedale showing the new fence (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Peter Harbord
One of the new wicket gate locks at Bedale level crossing - installed by members of the Bedale Station Support Group (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
A beautiful display of roses at Bedale. (07/07/2018)
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Photo - Kev Burnitt
A Wensleydale Railway admin office volunteer at work (30/07/2018)
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Photo - Kev Burnitt
The Leyburn Station team held a coffee morning in the Methodist Hall, Leyburn, on Friday 29th July in aid of the Footbridge restoration appeal (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Kev Burnitt
The Leyburn Station team held a coffee morning in the Methodist Hall, Leyburn, on Friday 29th July in aid of the Footbridge restoration appeal (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Kev Burnitt
The Leyburn Station team held a coffee morning in the Methodist Hall, Leyburn, on Friday 29th July in aid of the Footbridge restoration appeal (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Kev Burnitt
The Leyburn Station team held a coffee morning in the Methodist Hall, Leyburn, on Friday 29th July in aid of the Footbridge restoration appeal (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Kev Burnitt
The Leyburn Station team held a coffee morning in the Methodist Hall, Leyburn, on Friday 29th July in aid of the Footbridge restoration appeal (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Kev Burnitt
Ken Monkman (Chairman of the WRA(T), counting the pennies that were collected at the Leyburn Coffee Morning (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
The key to the line. (20/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
New palings on the fence at Wensley Crossing, a work in progress. (21/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Result. NELPG's J27 65894 simmers in The New Shed at Leeming Bar at the start of its season. (28/07/2018)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Class J27 65894 arrived at Leyburn for water on it's first passenger run of the season. (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Class J27 65894 arriving at Redmire. (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Class J27 65894 Running round at Redmire. (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Class J27 65894 Leaving Leyburn on it's 2nd trip to Redmire, alas the sun did not shine..! (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Class J27 65894 stands at Bedale on its inaugural passenger run at the head of the 1215 Leeming Bar-Redmire. (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Class J27 65894 runs round at Redmire. (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Class J27 65894 waits at Leeming Bar to take out the 1540 to Redmire. (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Oiling the motion is an important part of running a steam loco. Class J27 65984 (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Class J27 65984 waits for the signal at Bedale on the 1540 Leeming Bar-Redmire. (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Peter Harbord
J27 loco 65894 at Bedale on its first day of public service (31/07/2018)
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Photo - Peter Harbord
J27 loco 65894 at Bedale level crossing on its first day of public service (31/07/2018)
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Photo - David Walker
Directors, Trustees and members of the Project Design Team met on 9th July to consider the proposals for the Leeming Bar Station House. Presentations were made by David Walker and Virginia Arrowsmith which covered the works to be undertaken and programmes to be delivered following restoration. Virginia is leading on stakeholder consultation, historical research and gathering detailed local knowledge. This work together with the conservation management plan is informing the kind of restoration to be carried out. The Trustees and Directors were delighted with the progress to date and plans for the future and passed motions of endorsement. It is anticipated that a stage 2 application for funding will be submitted to the Heritage Lottery Fund by the end of August 2018. (09/07/2018)
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Photo - David Walker
As part of the restoration project we need to understand how the drains are configured and what work we will need to do to improve them so that they will be able to cope with the additional demand once the station has been restored. Volunteers of the Direct Works Team are investigating the run of the foul pipes using mapping produced by the sub ground survey completed by Met Consultancy (Leeds). Pipes have been laid on top of each other over the last 170 years! We have to make sense of these and fit new drains fit for purpose. (11/07/2018)
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Photo - David Walker
As part of the restoration project we need to understand how the drains are configured and what work we will need to do to improve them so that they will be able to cope with the additional demand once the station has been restored. Volunteers of the Direct Works Team are investigating the run of the foul pipes using mapping produced by the sub ground survey completed by Met Consultancy (Leeds). David Dalton breaking the tarmac and John Tong removing the spoil. (11/07/2018)
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Photo - David Walker
As part of the restoration project we need to understand how the drains are configured and what work we will need to do to improve them so that they will be able to cope with the additional demand once the station has been restored. Volunteers of the Direct Works Team are investigating the run of the foul pipes using mapping produced by the sub ground survey completed by Met Consultancy (Leeds). (11/07/2018)
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Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team cutting the tarmac at Leeming Bar to investigate the run of pipes (18/07/2018)
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Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team cutting the tarmac at Leeming Bar to investigate the run of pipes (18/07/2018)
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Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team cutting the tarmac at Leeming Bar to investigate the run of pipes. The Drain cover is just underneath here (18/07/2018)
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Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team fitting in a new man hole cover at Leeming Bar. this had previously been hidden under concrete (25/07/2018)
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Photo - Derek Bailey
Scruton - Close up of wash house woodwork by the Direct Works Team (18/07/2018)
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Photo - John Tong
Scruton - The excellent woodwork for the wash house by the Direct Works Team (18/07/2018)
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Photo - Ian Yale
The infrastructure Team clearing some vegetation (20/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Permanent way teams have to stand back when trains approach. (21/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Chapman
Moving rails with the new ironmen equipment is by far a much safer method and will be the only manual method for moving any rails above 30ft from now on. (07/07/2018)
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Photo - Alastair Connell
A total of eight 60ft FB rails were rolled into the four foot then moved from the west end of the site through the station to the road access point at the old dairy at Redmire. (13/07/2018)
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Photo - Alastair Connell
A total of eight 60ft FB rails were rolled into the four foot then moved from the west end of the site through the station to the road access point at the old dairy using the ironmen equipment (13/07/2018)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
20166 Stood at Redmire with the works train. (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Ballast been loaded at Redmire into first of 2 train trips of ballast dropping at Leyburn Loop and other places along the route. (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
The Salmon had to have building materials removed/repositioned for rail loading. (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Rails are positioned ready for loading but due to an over ambitious programme, time ran out so only 2 x 60 foot rails were loaded along with some 20 foot lengths. (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Loading ballast at Redmire for the loop at Leyburn. (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Gently setting back into the unballasted loop at Leyburn to drop ballast. (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Steady as she goes. (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Ready for the tamper. (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Ballast dropping. (27/07/2018)
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Photo - Philip Sedgewick
On July 6th the Darlington and Stockton Times ran an article on the new volunteer co-ordinator for the railway - Helen Asbhworth.
This photo was in the newspaper and shows Wensleydale Railway's new volunteer co-ordinator and lead fund raiser Helen Ashworth, the interim WR plc chair and leader of NYCC, Carl Les together with some volunteers (27/06/2018)
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