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Leyburn Shawl (Wensley) Track Slew

As part of the 'Return to Redmire' project, the track-bed below Leyburn shawl near Wensley was suffering erosion leading to insufficient ballast support for the track along the embankment edge for around 3/4 mile. The track needs to be moved further away from the edge, using the area that was previously a quarry siding.

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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - Vegetation needs to be removed prior to digging out at the Leyburn Shawl slew site. Lampitt Rail Services RRV stoking the fire. (05/09/2024)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - Vegetation needs to be removed prior to digging out at the Leyburn Shawl slew site. Lampitt Rail Services RRV stoking the fire. (05/09/2024)
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Photo - David Winpenny
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - (--/09/2024)
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Photo - David Winpenny
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - A digger digging out the area where the track is being moved to (--/09/2024)
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Photo - David Winpenny
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - Track bed dug out ready to receive ballast (--/09/2024)
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Photo - David Winpenny
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - The track bed being prepared (--/09/2024)
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Photo - David Winpenny
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - Rotten sleepers are also being replaced as necessary (--/09/2024)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - The slew site is on a mixture of wood and concrete sleepers so the worn out woods have to be replaced with good used sleepers. The RRV does the hard by removing and replacing the wood sleepers where required. WR Volunteers screwing replacement sleepers down. (12/09/2024)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - The track bed has been dug out at this section ready for ballast and eventually the track slew. (12/09/2024)
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Photo - Michael Metcalfe
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - Hired in excavator clearing the track bed. (12/09/2024)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - It's a lot easier removing sleepers with a big machine with a grab rather than by hand. (16/09/2024)
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Photo - Andy Glendinning
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - Geotextile down and first ballast drop to form the bed to move the track across onto. (19/09/2024)
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Photo - Alex Lomax
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - A view from the digger driver's seat (--/09/2024)
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Photo - Alex Lomax
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - The digger smoothing out ballast (--/09/2024)
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Photo - Alex Lomax
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - The digger smoothing out ballast onto geotextile (--/09/2024)
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Photo - Alex Lomax
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - The new trackbed ready for some ballast (--/09/2024)
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Photo - Alex Lomax
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - Work in progress (--/09/2024)
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Photo - Alex Lomax
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - Work in progress (--/09/2024)
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Photo - Alex Lomax
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - Some ballast has been laid where the track is being moved to (--/09/2024)
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Photo - Alex Lomax
Leyburn Shawl Track Slew - Some ballast has been laid where the track is being moved to (--/09/2024)
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