Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive


Argill Farm Track Relaying - Weeks 1 and 2
by the Infrastructure Group
n January 2018 the railway carried out a complete at Argill Farm. At 340 yards, this was the longest track renewal we have undertaken. The old track was thoroughly life-expired bullhead rail on softwood sleepers. It was replaced with flat bottom rail on concrete sleepers using Pandrol clips. The old track was taken to Leyburn for use in the passing loop there. Below you can see a comprehensive photographic record of the work.

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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. The works train arrives at Leyburn from Leeming Bar. (08/01/2018)
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Ref - 3167
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. The works train arrives at Leyburn from Leeming Bar. (08/01/2018)
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Ref - 3168
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. Volunteers stand ready raring to go. (08/01/2018)
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Ref - 3169
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. Scrap rail to go into the sidings at Redmire ready to load to the Salmon. (08/01/2018)
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Ref - 3170
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Second-hand rails being off-loaded from a lorry onto the truck of a Road-Rail machine. These rails will be taken to Redmire Railhead, so that the virtually unused rails there can be used in the Argill Farm track relaying project (08/01/2018)
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Ref - 3171
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Second-hand rails being off-loaded from a lorry onto the truck of a Road-Rail machine. These rails will be taken to Redmire Railhead, so that the virtually unused rails there can be used in the Argill Farm track relaying project (08/01/2018)
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Ref - 3172
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Second-hand rails being off-loaded from a lorry onto the truck of a Road-Rail machine. These rails will be taken to Redmire Railhead, so that the virtually unused rails there can be used in the Argill Farm track relaying project (08/01/2018)
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Ref - 3173
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. Peter Green our Network Rail volunteer for Week One oversees loading of the Salmon by the road/rail vehicle (RRV). (08/01/2018)
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Ref - 3174
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. Forward to Redmire. (08/01/2018)
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Ref - 3175
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. The RRV with rail lifting beam arrives at Redmire. (08/01/2018)
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Ref - 3176
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. Some of the volunteers who had been involved in vegetation clearance stand clear as the RRV passes at Redmire. (08/01/2018)
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Ref - 3177
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. Scrap rail being unloaded at Redmire. The partially unclipped rail in the siding would be lifted and loaded to the Salmon to go to Argill. (09/01/2018)
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Ref - 3178
Photo - Andy Waite
Redmire Railhead - The rails here are virtually unused, so second-hand rails have been obtained to replace them, so that they can be reused for the Argill Farm relaying project. Here the replacement rails are being placed in the four foot by the Road-Rail machine (09/01/2018)
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Ref - 3179
Photo - Andy Waite
Redmire Railhead - The rails here are virtually unused, so second-hand rails have been obtained to replace them, so that they can be reused for the Argill Farm relaying project. Here the replacement rails have been placed in the four foot (09/01/2018)
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Ref - 3180
Photo - Andy Waite
Redmire Railhead - The rails here are virtually unused, so second-hand rails have been obtained to replace them, so that they can be reused for the Argill Farm relaying project. Here the rails have been removed ready to take to the Argill Farm area (09/01/2018)
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Ref - 3181
Photo - Andy Waite
Redmire Railhead - The rails here are virtually unused, so second-hand rails have been obtained to replace them, so that they can be reused for the Argill Farm relaying project. Here the rails are being removed ready to take to the Argill Farm area (09/01/2018)
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Ref - 3182
Photo - Andy Waite
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - The Road-Rail machine which was transporting equipment to site (10/01/2018)
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Ref - 3183
Photo - Andy Waite
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - Concrete sleepers being laid beside the track (10/01/2018)
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Ref - 3184
Photo - Andy Waite
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - Concrete sleepers being laid beside the track by the Road-Rail machine (10/01/2018)
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Ref - 3185
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - Here concrete sleepers are being loaded by a Road-Rail machine on to its truck at Leyburn. These will then be taken to site (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3186
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - Here concrete sleepers are being loaded by a Road-Rail machine on to its truck at Leyburn. These will then be taken to site (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3187
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. The last of 400 concrete sleepers loaded to the RRV trolley to go to Argill where they would be laid out alongside the track. (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3188
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - Here concrete sleepers are being loaded by a Road-Rail machine on to its truck at Leyburn. These will then be taken to site (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3189
Photo - Timothy Edwards
The grab of the Road-Rail machine (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3190
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - A load of concrete sleepers on its way to site (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3191
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. Driver's eye view of the line ahead coming out of Harmby Cutting. (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3192
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - The site from the main road - adjacent to the bridge over the railway (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3193
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - The Road-Rail machine moving its truck (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3194
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - The Road-Rail machine moving its truck (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3195
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. Trolley swung round to give sufficient length for the thirty foot panels of old track. (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3196
Photo - Timothy Edwards
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - The Road-Rail machine offloading concrete sleepers (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3197
Photo - Andy Waite
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - Concrete sleepers being laid beside the track by the Road-Rail machine (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3198
Photo - Andy Waite
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - Concrete sleepers being laid beside the track by the Road-Rail machine (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3199
Photo - Andy Waite
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - Concrete sleepers have laid beside the track (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3200
Photo - Andy Waite
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - Virtually unused rails from Redmire railhead have been laid on the other side of the track (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3201
Photo - Andy Waite
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - Virtually unused rails from Redmire railhead have been laid on the other side of the track (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3202
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. First thirty foot panel lifted out. (11/01/2018)
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Ref - 3203
Photo - Andy Waite
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - The Road-Rail machine lifting a track panel to put on its truck. The track panels are being taken to Leyburn to form the passing loop there. (12/01/2018)
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Ref - 3204
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. Panels stacked five high then propelled to Leyburn. (12/01/2018)
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Ref - 3205
Photo - Andy Waite
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - The old track has been lifted (12/01/2018)
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Ref - 3206
Photo - Andy Waite
Argill Farm Track Relaying project - The old track has been lifted (12/01/2018)
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Ref - 3207
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. Life expired sleepers were unscrewed and left behind. (12/01/2018)
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Ref - 3208
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. One of the final thirty foot panels removed. (12/01/2018)
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Ref - 3209
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week One. 'No trains must pass this point'(The photographer's lunch on the sleeper end!) (12/01/2018)
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Ref - 3210
Photo - Andy Glendinning
Argill Farm Relay Week Two. The old ash ballast being dug out. (15/01/2018)
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Ref - 3265
Photo - Mike Brittlebank
Shows a Colmar T10000 which is the largest road/rail vehicle in use on the network. Photo shows it counter balance full extended, (we never needed to use this feature). (12/01/2018)
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Ref - 3266
Photo - Mike Brittlebank
Shows a Colmar T10000 which is the largest road/rail vehicle in use on the network. (12/01/2018)
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Ref - 3267
Photo - Mike Brittlebank
Shows a Colmar T10000 which is the largest road/rail vehicle in use on the network. show the two rail trolleys and its panel grab. Laying down the track panels for Leyburn loop which it had removed from Argill Farm area. (12/01/2018)
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Ref - 3268
Photo - Mike Brittlebank
Argill Farm relaying - the track bed after the rails have been lifted (12/01/2018)
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