Wensleydale Railway Rail Link Photos

Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive

March 2026

Photographs

March has been a busy month for the various maintenance, vegetation and infrastructure teams. On this page:-
1. Tarmacing of the central section of Bedale Station platform.
2. Loco 60087 has now left Leeming Bar after failing on the main line last October.
3. Track and signalling equipment have been arriving at Leeming Bar from the former Eggborough Power Station.
4. Improvement works and creation of a kitchen at the Redmire shelter.
5. An ex LMS guards van has arrived on our line.
6. Various loco under maintenance in our Maintenance Shed.
7. The Sentinel Diesel loco is being painted following repairs to its bodywork.
8. The Wickham Trolley is being prepared for display at Scruton.
9. The Direct Works Team building a wooden shed at Finghall station.
10. The Direct Works Team have been tidying up and getting rid of a lot of rubbish from Bedale Dock.
11. The Vegetation Team busy at Constable Burton.
12. The Infrastructure Team has been busy doing drainage work and clearing vegetation at Wensley.

For more photos of the work on the Sentinel Diesel Loco see here

For more photos of the Wickham Trolley see here

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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work starts. (04/03/2026)
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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work starts. (04/03/2026)
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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work in progress. (04/03/2026)
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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work in progress. (04/03/2026)
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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work in progress. (04/03/2026)
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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work in progress. New drainage installed. (04/03/2026)
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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work in progress. New drainage installed. (07/03/2026)
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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work in progress. New drainage installed. (07/03/2026)
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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work in progress. Ready for base coat of tarmac. (07/03/2026)
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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work in progress. Base coat of tarmac almost complete. (11/03/2026)
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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work in progress. Top coat of tarmac laid. (11/03/2026)
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Photo - Brian Whitehead
Bedale Station platform improvements. Work in progress. Looking along the finished platform. (11/03/2026)
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Photo - Oliver Kirkby
60087 left our railway on 24th March and headed home by road for repairs. In late October last year, we assisted our friends at GB Railfreight and collected 60087 'Ingleborough' from Castle Hills Junction, after it had suffered a collapsed wheel bearing on the East Coast Mainline. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Oliver Kirkby
60087 left our railway on 24th March and headed home by road for repairs. In late October last year, we assisted our friends at GB Railfreight and collected 60087 'Ingleborough' from Castle Hills Junction, after it had suffered a collapsed wheel bearing on the East Coast Mainline. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Oliver Kirkby
60087 left our railway on 24th March and headed home by road for repairs. In late October last year, we assisted our friends at GB Railfreight and collected 60087 'Ingleborough' from Castle Hills Junction, after it had suffered a collapsed wheel bearing on the East Coast Mainline. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Toby Lampitt
Concrete sleepers being loaded onto a wagon at Eggborough for transport to Leeming Bar (--/03/2026)
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Photo - Toby Lampitt
One of the points at Eggborough which will be transported to Leeming Bar for our use. (--/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Rails from the ex Eggborough Power station have arrived at Leeming Bar and are being moved from a lorry trailer onto a flat railway wagon (17/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Concrete sleepers from the ex Eggborough Power Station are starting to build up at Leeming Bar (03/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Another load of concrete sleepers from the ex Eggborough Power Station have arrived at Leeming Bar (17/03/2026)
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Photo - Nick Keegan
Some of the rails, ex Eggborough, have been loaded onto a flat wagon at Leeming Bar for transport further up the line (--/03/2026)
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Photo - Nick Keegan
Some of the rails, ex Eggborough, have been loaded onto a flat wagon at Leeming Bar for transport further up the line (--/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Concrete sleepers from the ex Eggborough Power Station are continuing to build up at Leeming Bar (31/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Concrete sleepers from the ex Eggborough Power Station are continuing to build up at Leeming Bar. Some signals have arrived as well (31/03/2026)
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Photo - John Hodgson
Redmire Shelter. Front section of shelter partitioned off to form waiting room with internal cladding above dado line. Temporary seating positioned where the bench seat will be. (31/01/2026)
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Photo - John Hodgson
Redmire Shelter. Front section of shelter partitioned off to form waiting room with internal cladding above dado line. Temporary seating positioned where the bench seat will be. (31/01/2026)
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Photo - John Hodgson
Redmire Shelter. The middle section. Stud walls constructed to form kitchen. Installation of kitchen units in progress. (29/03/2026)
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Photo - John Hodgson
Redmire Shelter. The middle section. Stud walls constructed to form kitchen. Installation of kitchen units in progress. (29/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
An ex LMS guards van has recently arrived at Leeming Bar (31/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
An ex LMS guards van has recently arrived at Leeming Bar (31/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Ex NCB class 14 'teddybear' diesel loco D9513, alias NCB's no.38 in the maintenance shed for some work. (03/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Diesel shunter 03144 in the maintenance shed for some work (10/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
A close up of the engine of diesel shunter 03144 (10/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Loco 37250 in the maintenance shed for some work (31/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Pacer unit 140260 in the maintenance workshop for some work. (03/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The Sentinel Diesel loco is being repainted - Here in undercoat (03/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
The Sentinel Diesel loco is being repainted - Here in undercoat (17/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
It has been decided that the Wickham trolley won't be actually used on our line, but will instead be a museum piece located in an original Wickham trolley shed at Scruton. Here the wooden seating has been changed to look original. The wood underneath the rear window is now an original (31/03/2026)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
The Direct Works Team constructing a wooden shed at Finghall onto a concrete base they had constructed over the previous couple of weeks. (03/03/2026)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
The Direct Works Team fitting a roof to the new wooden shed at Finghall (03/03/2026)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
The Direct Works Team fitting out the interior of the new shed at Finghall (03/03/2026)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
The Direct Works Team have now finished the roof of the new wooden shed at Finghall (10/03/2026)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
The Direct Works Team are lining the inside of the new wooden shed at Finghall (10/03/2026)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
The Direct Works Team are now painting the outside of the new wooden shed at Finghall (10/03/2026)
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Photo - Timothy Edwards
Tidy up of Bedale dock by the Direct Works Team - Whilst a lot of clearing has already been completed, this area against the wall is the next stage. (10/03/2026)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
The Direct Works Team have now finished painting the new wooden shed at Finghall (15/03/2026)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
The Direct Works Team have tidied up and put all the scrap of timber (excluding sleepers) in a skip at Bedale dock (17/03/2026)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Tidy up of Bedale dock by the Direct Works Team - Digger clearing wall area (17/03/2026)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Tidy up of Bedale dock by the Direct Works Team - Digger and manual clearing wall area (17/03/2026)
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Photo - Dave Fielding
Tidy up of Bedale dock by the Direct Works Team - Area by wall cleared and tarmac revealed (17/03/2026)
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Photo - Derek Barnes
Tidy up of Bedale dock by the Direct Works Team - Another part of the dock cleared. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Derek Barnes
Tidy up of Bedale dock by the Direct Works Team - Another skip full of rubbish to go (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Alan Graham
Three senior members of the vegetation team discuss the findings and details of a recent audit of the team's activities, during a break in proceedings at Constable Burton. (18/03/2026)
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Photo - John Thompson
During March the vegetation team have been removing trees from the north embankment near Constable Burton. During high winds, the tree roots were being rocked within the formation, destabilising the embankment. (18/03/2026)
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Photo - John Thompson
Using a new bit of kit which the veg team have obtained for themselves, a member of the vegetation team uses a winch to control the movement of trees during felling. (18/03/2026)
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Photo - John Thompson
A member of the veg team pins the weight of a trunk to prevent its movement. Or takes a welcome break in the spring sunshine; you decide. (18/03/2026)
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Photo - John Thompson
Running repairs to a track trolley at Constable Burton by members of the vegetation team. (18/03/2026)
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Photo - Alan Graham
The vegetation team working at Constable Burton. (25/03/2026)
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Photo - Alan Graham
Veg team members sheltering for lunch out of the wind, behind the signal box at Constable Burton. (25/03/2026)
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Photo - Jim Wareing
Wensley Track. Looking east towards Leyburn. The curve from the straight in the distance round to the level crossing had become uneven. With the aid of the laser level and stoneblowing the dips in the low, north rail have been taken out. Once this is completed the high, south rail to the right will be similarly treated. (23/02/2026)
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Photo - Jim Wareing
Wensley Drainage. With concerns that water from the high side was finding its way through the embankment (not good) it was decided to dig out the ditch at the foot of the embankment to allow water to run through the culvert at the east end of the site.
First several tens? of years of undergrowth and trees had to be removed to allow access. (09/03/2026)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Wensley Drainage. A drainage channel has been built to deflect run off water through the existing stone built culvert under the track at Wensley. A lid will be fitted. (23/03/2026)
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Photo - Andy Wanlass
Wensley Drainage. The first narrow section next to the sewage works fence was piped as it would not be possible in the future to get a machine back in to clear it if it was ditched. (23/03/2026)
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Photo - Jim Wareing
Wensley Drainage. Eight lengths of pipe installed bedded on gravel. (23/03/2026)
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Photo - Alan Wanlass
Wensley Drainage. Once beyond the sewage works fence the excavator was able to work 'sideways' with the ditching bucket to dig out the trench.
The laser level was used to ensure the correct fall on the ditch. (23/03/2026)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Wensley Vegetation. A carpet of turf/moss/saplings has been dug out mainly by myself by hand towards the crossing at Wensley. (23/03/2026)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Wensley Vegetation. A work in progress shot. Wensley crossing in the distance. (23/03/2026)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Wensley Drainage. Drainage pipe alongside Wensley sewerage works with membrane fitted and waiting for stone to top it off. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Wensley Drainage. Extending the open ditch in progress. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Wensley Drainage. The finished ditch with a steady flow of water already in there. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Jim Wareing
Wensley Drainage. Already beginning to gather water. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Jim Wareing
Wensley Drainage. Ditch complete. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Alan Wanlass
Wensley Drainage. The pipe was covered with geotextile and just awaits a ballast drop to cover it.
A stone headwall was constructed. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Wensley Vegetation. B30 near Wensley had a bit of a clean up around the handrails. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Alan Wanlass
Wensley Vegetation. The opportunity was taken with the excavator on site to clear the deck of Bridge 30A Keldhead Beck.
Over the years a thick layer of leaf mulch and moss from the overhanging trees (now mostly taken down) had built up. (24/03/2026)
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Photo - Jim Wareing
Wensley Vegetation. Shrubs and small trees had grown up in this fertile environment. These had been cut back previously but the roots remained and were beginning to sprout again. The excavator dug out these roots which were then burnt. (24/03/2026)
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