Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive
June 2020
Photographs
Due to the Coronavirus epidemic the railway has been closed, however over the last month volunteer work has been able to restart in several areas. . However the contractor who is restoring Leeming Bar station house has been able to continue with their work funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. There are a few photos of the restoration here.
I am also grateful to a number of volunteers/members, who have supplied various unusual and some older photos to help fill this month's photo gallery. I hope that you enjoy them.
This month we have:-
1. A view of Leyburn station from 1983
2. New arrivals at Leeming Bar.
3. The restoration of Leeming Bar Station House. For more photos see the dedicated restoration photo gallery.
4. Redmire station during Lockdown.
5. The Vegetation Group is now back working and the lockdown.
6. The Direct Works Team is also back and has started restoring some furniture destined for the refurbished Leeming Bar Station House.
7. Some older photos of Aysgarth.
8. Photos of one of the last stone trains in 1992 and of the visit of a Stoneblower in 1996 to the line by Alan Graham
There is also a dedicated photo gallery that shows more photos of the progress of the restoration. here
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Photo - David Beeken
A wintry view of Leyburn station in February 1983 (19/02/1983)
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Photo - David Beeken
A wintry view of Leyburn station in February 1983 (19/02/1983)
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Photo - Helen Ashworth
David Harrison has done a fantastic job making the new LNER design shed for the platform at Leeming. It looks very smart complete with its offset door and window. (--/06/2020)
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Photo - Helen Ashworth
Last week also saw the arrival for the Trust of the donated Mark 2f coach from the Lincolnshire Fire Service who used it for training. It appears to be good condition especially its interior and the upholstery. We hope to use this new carriage as part of the Polar Express Mark 2 set. (--/06/2020)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
More Pacers have arrived at Leeming Bar. (08/06/2020)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
More Pacers have arrived at Leeming Bar. (08/06/2020)
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Photo - Helen Ashworth
Leeming Bar Station Building Refurbishment - In the old lobby area a ticketing screen has been installed as per the original. The old toilet and stationery cupboard are now gone (30/06/2020)
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Photo - Helen Ashworth
Leeming Bar Station Building Refurbishment - The old front office (to the left after entering the lobby area) now has sash windows installed overlooking the car park and the cornicing has been repaired (30/06/2020)
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Photo - Helen Ashworth
Leeming Bar Station Building Refurbishment - The old Finance Office (to the right of the lobby area) is now the Ladies Waiting Room. The original wallpaper has left a fossilised pattern on the plaster. (30/06/2020)
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Photo - Helen Ashworth
Leeming Bar Station Building Refurbishment - The old operations office will now be the Station Master’s parlour. Sash window where original shutter box found and removed for repair, view of window and door was covered by bookcase of files,. (30/06/2020)
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Photo - Helen Ashworth
Leeming Bar Station Building Refurbishment - The old volunteers locker and washer room - now laundry room with original skylights restored by Prest’s and deglazed. (30/06/2020)
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Photo - Helen Ashworth
Leeming Bar Station Building Refurbishment - The old upstairs front storage room - set up for office space/research room with original fireplace opened. (30/06/2020)
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Photo - Helen Ashworth
Leeming Bar Station Building Refurbishment - The old upstairs front storage room - set up for office space/research room with original fireplace opened. (30/06/2020)
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Photo - Helen Ashworth
Leeming Bar Station Building Refurbishment - The old Andy Chapman’s office upstairs will now be the Volunteer coordinator and Community it’s Engagement office. (30/06/2020)
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Photo - Robert Hall
Redmire Station under Lockdown condition looking East towards Leyburn (25/06/2020)
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Photo - Robert Hall
Redmire Station under Lockdown condition looking East towards Leyburn (25/06/2020)
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Photo - Robert Hall
Redmire Station under Lockdown condition (25/06/2020)
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Photo - Robert Hall
Redmire Station under Lockdown condition looking East towards Leyburn (25/06/2020)
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Photo - Robert Hall
Redmire Station under Lockdown condition looking East towards Leyburn (25/06/2020)
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Photo - Robert Hall
Redmire Station under Lockdown condition looking East towards Leyburn (25/06/2020)
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Photo - Robert Hall
Redmire Station under Lockdown condition looking west (25/06/2020)
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Photo - Robert Hall
Redmire Station shelter under Lockdown condition (25/06/2020)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
New poster boards in the platform shelter at Redmire. (26/06/2020)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Wild or cultivated? These have grown up in spoil from Leeming Yard dropped west of Wensley Crossing in October last year. (26/06/2020)
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Photo - Alan Graham
Could there be anywhere nicer to walk to work? Warm sunshine and blue skies greeted the vegetation team stepping back on to the tracks west of Bedale after the 13 week Covid hiatus.
Note that the clearance either side of the track at this point was done by your Rail Link Editor - Timothy Edwards (24/06/2020)Click here to see higher resolution photo
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Photo - Alan Graham
It was soon apparent that nature had taken hold during the 3 month shut down. The sight greeting the vegetation team progressing west of Bedale on Wednesday 17th June. (17/06/2020)
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Photo - Alan Graham
It's said that weeds are just plants in the wrong place. The vegetation team removed waist high thistles and Indian Balsam by hand from this section of the four foot west of Bedale. (17/06/2020)
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Photo - Alan Graham
A member of the vegetation team surveys the work area west of Bedale. 17th June 2020. (17/06/2020)
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Photo - Alan Graham
Operating under new social distancing rules, members of the vegetation team pose briefly before restarting work following lockdown. (17/06/2020)
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Photo - Alan Graham
Smoke in the woods. A member of the vegetation team disposing of smaller twigs and branches following removal of the unsafe trees. (17/06/2020)
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Photo - Alan Graham
The job for the vegetation team was to remove or make safe old overhanging sycamores which had been identified as damaged and dangerous between Bedale and the new A684 bypass bridge. (24/06/2020)
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Photo - Alan Graham
One of the unsafe trees after felling and prior to cutting for logs. (24/06/2020)
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Photo - Alan Graham
Job done. Just logs and wisps of blue wood-smoke are all that remain to identify that the vegetation team have been in and made the area safe. (24/06/2020)
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Photo - Joan Walker
The Direct Works Team at Scruton restoring Railway furniture (from N Lancs) kindly donated by Jim Kay. The items will go into the refurbished Leeming Bar Station House. (01/07/2020)
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Photo - Joan Walker
The Direct Works Team at Scruton restoring Railway furniture (from N Lancs) kindly donated by Jim Kay. The items will go into the refurbished Leeming Bar Station House. (01/07/2020)
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Photo - TasP Group
Mo., with two of her friends, sitting in the summer sun outside Aysgarth goods shed. (16/08/2014)
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Photo - TasP Group
The old Aysgarth Station stables in a sorry state in 2014. Carved into its original 1870s frame were method of working instructions dating back to 1890s. The stable was dismantled a few months ago (16/01/2014)
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Photo - TasP Group
A wet and misty January day at Aysgarth. (18/01/2014)
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Photo - TasP Group
Standing water stops the job outside Aysgarth goods shed. Note, the wagon base awaiting restoration with its timber frame and 1882 MS&L Rly wheel sets. Regrettably, now lost to WR.
The only other example of these wheels is in Manchester Transport Museum. (18/01/2014)Click here to see higher resolution photo
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Photo - TasP Group
Neil working on the oo gauge model of Aysgarth Station. (18/01/2014)
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Photo - Alan Graham
One of the last stone trains, Summer 1992. I took this from Preston Under Scar bridge. (1992)
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Photo - Alan Graham
One of the last stone trains, Summer 1992, taken from Preston Under Scar bridge. (1992)
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Photo - Alan Graham
One of the last stone trains at Finghall, Summer 1992. (1992)
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Photo - Alan Graham
One of the last stone trains arriving at Finghall, Summer 1992. (1992)
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Photo - Alan Graham
One of the last stone trains passing through Finghall, Summer 1992. (1992)
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Photo - Alan Graham
A Stoneblower train at Constable Burton in 1996. The early WRA somehow managed to persuade its owners that the Redmire Branch would be a good place for its crew to get some practice levelling tracks. (1996)
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Photo - Alan Graham
The Railtrack Stoneblower parked at Constable Burton overnight, in 1996. (1996)
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Photo - Alan Graham
The Railtrack Stoneblower parked at Constable Burton overnight in 1996. It's presence on the branch was a coup for the early WRA in 1996. (1996)
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