Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive


October 2018
Photographs
This month we have:-
1. Various trains including a Sound Recording Special.
2. Views from the line.
3. The 'Bubblecar' decorated for Halloween.
4. Kev at the Leyburn cafe busy.
5. Some of the Bedale Station Support Group.
6. Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton).
7. A works train doing various bits of work at Redmire and Leyburn.
8. The Vegetation Team doing lineside clearance work.
9. The Direct Works Team at various locations.

Ref - 4010
Photo - Andy Glendinning
There's always lots of interest in coupling up at Redmire. (06/10/2018)
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Ref - 4010
Photo - Andy Glendinning
There's always lots of interest in coupling up at Redmire. (06/10/2018)
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Ref - 4011
Photo - Allen Furguson
Bubble Car at Wensley (09/10/2018)
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Ref - 4012
Photo - Andy Glendinning
33035 on a sound recording special passes Wensley Crossing. Note the microphones at cant rail level. (15/10/2018)
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Ref - 4013
Photo - Andy Glendinning
The sound recording special arrives at Redmire. (15/10/2018)
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Ref - 4014
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Bubble car 55032 passes Moor House Farm 1/Preston under Scar Footpath 17 Crossing west of Wensley Station. (21/10/2018)
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Ref - 4015
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Lineside art works near Westfield Farm. (22/10/2018)
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Ref - 4016
Photo - Alan Graham
A view of Pen Hill from the top of the cutting at Preston Under Scar (03/10/2018)
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Ref - 4017
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Impressive sun effects over Wensleydale looking west from Redmire. It wasn't really that dark. (28/10/2018)
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Ref - 4018
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Bubble at Redmire decorated for the Halloween specials the day before. (28/10/2018)
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Ref - 4019
Photo - Andy Glendinning
A cafe keeper's work is never done. Kev mops the floor at the end of the day at Leyburn. (30/10/2018)
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Ref - 4020
Photo - Marilyn Crawford
The Bedale Station Group have a break from work (16/10/2018)
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Ref - 4021
Photo - John Tong
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - Helping hand for digger with ballast (03/10/2018)
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Ref - 4022
Photo - John Tong
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - Beginning of Day 1 - The safety rails on the sides of the bridge were splayed out so the supporting girders needed connecting with tie-bars. (03/10/2018)
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Ref - 4023
Photo - John Tong
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - Digger fills barrow (03/10/2018)
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Ref - 4024
Photo - John Tong
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - Digger removes ballast from br 20 (03/10/2018)
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Ref - 4025
Photo - John Tong
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - 4 Oct - Br deck rails exposed (04/10/2018)
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Ref - 4026
Photo - Colin Brown
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - Plate layer Steve working on Bridge deck (05/10/2018)
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Ref - 4027
Photo - Bill Adams
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - John Tong giving brief (05/10/2018)
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Ref - 4028
Photo - Bill Adams
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - 5 Oct - PICOW Student under test (05/10/2018)
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Ref - 4029
Photo - Bill Adams
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - Student on PICOW assessment (05/10/2018)
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Ref - 4030
Photo - Bill Adams
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - PICOW assessment complete (05/10/2018)
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Ref - 4031
Photo - Infrastructure Team
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - End of Day on Site (05/10/2018)
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Ref - 4032
Photo - Infrastructure Team
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - Mini Digger on Bridge (05/10/2018)
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Ref - 4033
Photo - Infrastructure Team
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - Old Rail from Bridge Dec (05/10/2018)
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Ref - 4034
Photo - John Tong
Repair work to Bridge 20 (just West of Constable Burton) by the Direct Works Team and the Infrastructure Team - Tie Bars in Scaffolding pipes completed (05/10/2018)
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Ref - 4035
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Class 14 9523 arrives on the works train at Leyburn. (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4036
Photo - Ian Yale
Lifting the small stockpile of concrete sleepers that have lain dormant at Redmire for some considerable time (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4037
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Surplus concrete sleepers which had probably lain beside the track since the MOD Sidings were put in are collected ready to transport to Leeming Bar for use in the yard. (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4038
Photo - Ian Yale
Loading ballast at Redmire (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4039
Photo - Andy Glendinning
A Dogfish is loaded with ballast to top up the relaid section just east of the station at Redmire. (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4040
Photo - Andy Glendinning
The works train pauses at Wensley to pickup a redundant piece of point rodding. (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4041
Photo - Kev Burnitt
Men at work just outside Leyburn station. Using the Works Train to move concrete sleepers and rails (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4042
Photo - Kev Burnitt
Men at work just outside Leyburn station. Using the Works Train to move concrete sleepers and rails (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4043
Photo - Kev Burnitt
Men at work just outside Leyburn station (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4044
Photo - Ian Yale
It really is a beast of a machine (the class 14 loco is not bad too) (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4045
Photo - Ian Yale
class 14 motive power stationary at Peter Blacks UWC whilst sea urchin wagons were being unloaded of spoil (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4046
Photo - Ian Yale
Shunting the Works Train at Leyburn (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4047
Photo - Ian Yale
Shunting into Leyburn 'siding' (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4048
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Setting back part of the works train into the siding (shortly to be the loop) at Leyburn ready for the West Points installation in November. (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4049
Photo - Ian Yale
Shunting at Leyburn - dropped wagons being screwed down (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4050
Photo - Ian Yale
Removing spoil from sea urchin wagons at Leyburn (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4051
Photo - Ian Yale
Removing spoil from sea urchin wagons (19/10/2018)
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Ref - 4052
Photo - Alan Graham
The Vegetation Team working at Preston under Scar. A before photo (03/10/2018)
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Ref - 4053
Photo - Alan Graham
The Vegetation Team working at Preston under Scar. An after photo (03/10/2018)
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Ref - 4054
Photo - Kev Burnitt
Walking the Line (15/10/2018)
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Ref - 4055
Photo - Alan Graham
The Vegetation Team doing some pruning work near Newton-le-Willows (17/10/2018)
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Ref - 4056
Photo - Alan Graham
The Vegetation Team doing some tree felling near Newton-le-Willows (17/10/2018)
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Ref - 4057
Photo - Alan Graham
The Vegetation Team doing some pruning work near Newton-le-Willows (17/10/2018)
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Ref - 4058
Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team worked at Redmire continuing the re-mortaring and positioning the car park wall coping stones. (10/10/2018)
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Ref - 4059
Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team worked at Redmire continuing the re-mortaring and positioning the car park wall coping stones. (10/10/2018)
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Ref - 4060
Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team worked at Redmire continuing the re-mortaring and positioning the car park wall coping stones. (10/10/2018)
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Ref - 4061
Photo - John Tong
The Direct Works Team worked at Redmire continuing the re-mortaring and positioning the car park wall coping stones. (10/10/2018)
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Ref - 4062
Photo - John Tong
DWT member painting the crinkly tin sheets of the old Wickham Trolley Shed at Scruton (17/10/2018)
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Ref - 4063
Photo - John Tong
Direct Works Team working at Bridge 20 (just west of Constable Burton) - Initial concreting to support Br 20 balustrades - Shuttering being made (31/10/2018)
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Ref - 4064
Photo - John Tong
Direct Works Team working at Bridge 20 (just west of Constable Burton) - Initial concreting to support Br 20 balustrades - Concrete being mixed and shuttering positioned (31/10/2018)
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Ref - 4065
Photo - John Tong
Direct Works Team working at Bridge 20 (just west of Constable Burton) - Initial concreting to support Br 20 balustrades - Mixed Concrete being passed to the shuttering (31/10/2018)
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Ref - 4066
Photo - John Tong
Direct Works Team working at Bridge 20 (just west of Constable Burton) - Initial concreting to support Br 20 balustrades - Concrete being tamped in shuttering (31/10/2018)
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Ref - 4067
Photo - John Tong
Lights being fitted to the underside of the A684 road bridge over the line by Leyburn station (31/10/2018)
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