Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive
August 2020
Photographs
Due to the Coronavirus epidemic the railway has been closed, however over the last month much volunteer work has been carried out. The contractor who was restoring Leeming Bar station house has completed their work funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The internal decoration is now in progress. There are a few photos of the decoration here.
This month we have:-
1. Decoration of Leeming Bar Station House is under way. For more photos showing the decoration, see the dedicated decoration page.
2. Repair/refurbishment of coaches for Polar Express.
3. Some S&T work at Aiskew Level Crossing.
4. Some work by the Bedale Station Support Group.
5. The Vegetation Team clear a fallen tree on the line.
6. The Vegetation clear part of the former Oil Dock at Bedale. They will be installing a storage container there.
7. A view from the line.
There is also a dedicated photo gallery that shows more photos of the progress of the decoration here
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Photo - Peter Harbord
Leeming Bar Station House Decoration - Parcels office bay window (01/09/2020)
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Ref - 6209
Photo - Peter Harbord
Leeming Bar Station House Decoration - Parcels office bay window (01/09/2020)
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Ref - 6210
Photo - Peter Harbord
Leeming Bar Station House Decoration - Booking office, public side, from entrance (01/09/2020)
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Ref - 6211
Photo - Will Burnham
A volunteer decorating Leeming Bar Station House (10/08/2020)
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Ref - 6212
Photo - Will Burnham
A volunteer decorating Leeming Bar Station House (10/08/2020)
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Ref - 6213
Photo - Peter Harbord
Leeming Bar Station House Decoration - Ladies waiting room (01/09/2020)
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Ref - 6214
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Leeming Bar Station House Decoration - The Station Master's Parlour (01/09/2020)
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Ref - 6215
Photo - Will Burnham
A volunteer decorating Leeming Bar Station House (10/08/2020)
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Ref - 6216
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Leeming Bar Station House Dedecoration - The Working Demonstration Kitchen (01/09/2020)
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Ref - 6217
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Leeming Bar Station House Dedecoration - Upstairs Office (01/09/2020)
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Ref - 6218
Photo - Unknown Photographer
Work is progressing on the Mk2 coaches to get them ready for Polar Express. - The windows have started to be refitted with new body to frame seal to prevent water ingress. New glazing has also been installed where the old units had suffered fogging of the double glazing. (05/08/2020)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
Work is progressing on the Mk2 coaches to get them ready for Polar Express. - Steel flooring in the vestibule has been replaced with new metal and is seen here in anti corrosive underseal prior to new wood and top lino. (05/08/2020)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
Work is progressing on the Mk2 coaches to get them ready for Polar Express. - Work has also started on the new Mk2f which has been cleaned up, had some electrical and body repairs and has had a window unit removed to be sent away to be copied and the tint on the glass matched. (05/08/2020)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
Work on the Mk2 coaches is progressing to get them ready for Polar Express. Seen here is 5378 having its windows refitted and is sporting it’s first layer of undercoat as a guide to where more preparation work is needed. Likewise 6163 is seen here in undercoat. (16/08/2020)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
Meanwhile the shark van is nearing completion. (16/08/2020)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
We might still be closed but work continues behind the scenes and today the S&T department have been working on Aiskew Crossing. New cables have had to be pulled under the road due to an old one having a fault. This is probably the first time since 1985 that the troughs and under road ducts have been exposed to daylight. (22/08/2020)
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
We might still be closed but work continues behind the scenes and today the S&T department have been working on Aiskew Crossing. New cables have had to be pulled under the road due to an old one having a fault. This is probably the first time since 1985 that the troughs and under road ducts have been exposed to daylight. (22/08/2020)
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Ref - 6225
Photo - Unknown Photographer
Final works today finishing Aiskew AOCL and a rare glimpse to anyone interested in the equipment room.
These repairs are costly and your generous donations are helping to keep the railway going. (23/08/2020)Click here to see higher resolution photo
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Photo - Unknown Photographer
Final works today finishing Aiskew AOCL. Meanwhile Andy is testing the connections and volts to the newly installed replacement floodlights.
These repairs are costly and your generous donations are helping to keep the railway going. (23/08/2020)Click here to see higher resolution photo
Ref - 6227
Photo - John Slaughter
Bedale Station Group clearing surface water drain on station forecourt. (18/08/2020)
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Photo - John Slaughter
Bedale Station Group's head gardener Paul Bainbridge tidying up the planting on the embankment. (18/08/2020)
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Ref - 6229
Photo - Bill Briggs
The vegetation team are used to scenes like this when it's "all their own work". However this tree fell of it's own accord near Crakehall, necessitating a call out for the vegetation team on a weekend. (29/08/2020)
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Photo - Alan Graham
A member of the vegetation team seeing to the tree that split and collapsed over the track near Crakehall in a process known as logging up. (29/08/2020)
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Ref - 6231
Photo - Alan Graham
The site of the collapsed tree near Crakehall, now cleared and made safe by the vegetation team on a Saturday in August. (29/08/2020)
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Ref - 6232
Photo - Steve Hall
The Vegetation Team clearing an area on the old Bedale Oil Dock for their storage container (05/08/2020)
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Photo - Steve Hall
The Vegetation Team have cleared an area on the old Bedale Oil Dock for their storage container (05/08/2020)
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Ref - 6234
Photo - Bill Briggs
A member of the vegetation team carrying out after-use sanitisation of one of the Veg Team's brush-cutters on 5th August. Note the container of COVID-19 sanitising kit. (05/08/2020)
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Ref - 6235
Photo - Bill Briggs
This photo taken on 12 August shows Steve Hall (left), Andy Waite, and Andy Richardson with hand-trolley load-bars and brake-handles newly manufactured by Steve. (12/08/2020)
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Ref - 6236
Photo - Alan Graham
When shifting track trolleys full of brash further up the line it's important to have a good view of the road ahead. Here a member of the vegetation team shows how it's done! (12/08/2020)
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Ref - 6237
Photo - Alan Graham
A member of the vegetation team stands behind Indian Balsam and other head-height undergrowth being cleared on a farm crossing to facilitate lateral vision for crossing users. (12/08/2020)
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Ref - 6238
Photo - Alan Graham
A member of the vegetation team brush cutting undergrowth to provide better vision for users at a rural farm crossing. (12/08/2020)
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Ref - 6239
Photo - Alan Graham
This month the vegetation team have been working west of Bedale signal box clearing long established thorns and undergrowth in preparation for a new store being delivered for their equipment. (19/08/2020)
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Ref - 6240
Photo - Steve Hall
The Vegetation Team have gone on to clear a large area along the old Bedale Oil Dock (19/08/2020)
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Ref - 6241
Photo - Alan Graham
The vegetation team clearing the embankment (old Bedale Oil Dock) on the left. Its never been this neat for a long time. (19/08/2020)
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Photo - Alan Graham
The view in the opposite direction showing where the vegetation team have cleared the embankment, uncovering the usual "buried treasure" and exposing a wall which may once have been a platform (old Bedale Oil Dock). (19/08/2020)
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Photo - Alan Graham
No bonfires could be lit due to the residential location close to Bedale so brash and undergrowth had to be transported up the line for disposal. Here two members of the veg team fill bags ready to be moved on trolleys. (19/08/2020)
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Ref - 6244
Photo - Steve Hall
The Vegetation Team have cleared an area on the old Bedale Oil Dock for their storage container (19/08/2020)
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Photo - Steve Hall
The Vegetation Team have cleared an area on the old Bedale Oil Dock for their storage container (19/08/2020)
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Ref - 6246
Photo - Alan Graham
Members of the vegetation team having received another trolley load of brash, ready to be burned on a bonfire in a safe location. (19/08/2020)
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Ref - 6247
Photo - Timothy Edwards
The Vegetation Team have cleared a large area along the old Bedale Oil Dock (26/08/2020)
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Ref - 6248
Photo - Timothy Edwards
The Vegetation Team have cleared a large area along the old Bedale Oil Dock (26/08/2020)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The Vegetation Team have cleared a large area along the old Bedale Oil Dock (26/08/2020)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The Vegetation Team have cleared a large area along the old Bedale Oil Dock (26/08/2020)
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Ref - 6251
Photo - Timothy Edwards
The Vegetation Team have cleared a large area along the old Bedale Oil Dock - view from the signal box (26/08/2020)
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Ref - 6252
Photo - Andy Glendinning
View not from the train. Some cows with Roova Crag in the background. Taken during a track patrol between Wensley and Leyburn. (30/08/2020)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Prospective passenger? This little (about two inches across) chap (or chapess) was discovered by the platform door at Leyburn. (24/08/2020)
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