Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive
Castle Bolton - 1996/7 (3)
Neil Gill's Photos
In 1996 the Wensleydale Railway Association (WRA) got control of part of the old trackbed near Castle Bolton and started to make preparations for track laying, the intention was to lay track to run trains between Redmire and Aysgarth. At this time it was not anticipated that we would be able to run trains on the still used Northallerton to Redmire section of the line in the foreseeable future.
Thanks go to Neil Gill's widow who gifted these photographs to the WRA. Neil Gill was a volunteer right from the very first working party.
If anyone can identify any of the volunteers, please let the webmaster know.
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Photo - Neil Gill
The first WRA working party near Bolton Castle (--/08/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The first WRA working party near Bolton Castle (--/08/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The trackbed near Bolton Castle before work started (--/08/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The first WRA working party doing drainage work near Bolton Castle. Michael Metcalfe (top) - Eric Hall - Ian Bell (--/08/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The first WRA working party (Mark Flather and Simon Crossfield) doing drainage work near Bolton Castle (--/08/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The first WRA working party doing drainage work near Bolton Castle. Ian Bell on the bank - Michael Metcalfe (top) - Simon Crossfield - Mark Flather (nearest) (--/08/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The first WRA working party doing drainage work near Bolton Castle (--/08/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
John Boothroyd (left) and Ken Clough doing more drainage work on the old track-bed near Bolton Castle (--/09/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
More drainage work on the old track-bed near Bolton Castle with Ian Bell (--/09/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
More drainage work on the old track-bed near Bolton Castle. Andy Feather in Landrover and Ken Clough on bank. (--/09/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
More drainage work on the old track-bed near Bolton Castle (--/09/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
A portacabin being delivered to the work site near Bolton Castle (12/10/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
A portacabin being positioned in place at the work site near Bolton Castle (12/10/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
A portacabin being positioned in place at the work site near Bolton Castle (12/10/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
A portacabin in place at the work site near Bolton Castle (12/10/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
View of the track-bed near Bolton Castle (12/10/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Drainage work being progressed on the old track-bed near Bolton Castle (26/10/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Drainage work being progressed on the old track-bed near Bolton Castle (26/10/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Drainage work being progressed on the old track-bed near Bolton Castle (26/10/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Drainage work being progressed on the old track-bed near Bolton Castle (26/10/1996)
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Photo - Neil Gill
A snowy stat to 1997 (04/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The track-bed near Bolton Castle in the snow (04/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The track-bed near Bolton Castle in the snow (04/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The track-bed near Bolton Castle in the snow (04/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Andy Feather(top) and Arthur Hartley near Bolton Castle in the snow (04/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The working party near Bolton Castle in the snow (04/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Arthur Hartley near Bolton Castle in the snow (04/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The track-bed near Bolton Castle in the snow (04/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The working party near Bolton Castle in the snow (04/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The track-bed near Bolton Castle a couple of weeks later with no snow (18/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
(left to right) Ian Bell - John Boothroyd - John Harker - ?? - Arthur Hartley - Jim Waring having a rest in the WRA portacabin. (18/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
(left to right) Clive Roberts - ?? - Ian Bell (hidden) - Andy Feather - John Boothroyd having a rest in the WRA portacabin (18/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The old track-bed near Bolton Castle (18/01/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The track-bed near Bolton Castle (09/02/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The track-bed near Bolton Castle (09/02/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The track-bed near Bolton Castle (01/03/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed near Bolton Castle (01/03/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed near Bolton Castle (01/03/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed near Bolton Castle (01/03/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Arthur Hartley (left) and Ian Bell working on the track-bed near Bolton Castle (01/03/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Richard Sparne working on the track-bed drainage near Bolton Castle (01/03/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Unloading concrete sleepers beside the old track-bed near to Bolton Castle. Arthur Hartley (on Sleepers) - Clive Roberts - Simon Crossfield (15/03/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Unloading concrete sleepers beside the old track-bed near to Bolton Castle. Ralph Brown (crane operator) and Arthur Hartley on right (15/03/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Richard Sparne (left), Michael Metcalfe (front) and Arthur Hartley working on the track-bed with a dumper truck near to Bolton Castle. March/April 1997 (--/04/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed with a dumper truck near to Bolton Castle. March/April 1997 (--/04/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
(left to right) Michael Metcalfe, Richard Sparne and Arthur Hartley working on the track-bed with a dumper truck near to Bolton Castle. March/April 1997 (--/04/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed with a dumper truck near to Bolton Castle. (10/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed with a dumper truck near to Bolton Castle. John Harker in Digger - John Boothroyd - ?? (10/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed with a dumper truck near to Bolton Castle. John Harker in Digger - Arthur Hartley - John Boothroyd - Jim Waring (10/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed with a dumper truck near to Bolton Castle. (10/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed with a dumper truck near to Bolton Castle. (10/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed with a dumper truck near to Bolton Castle. Jim Waring in Digger (10/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed with a dumper truck near to Bolton Castle. (10/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
John Boothroyd (left) and Andy Feather working on the track-bed with a dumper truck near to Bolton Castle. (10/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
WRA info display near Bolton Castle. Michael Bentley behind the stall (24/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The old track-bed near Bolton Castle (24/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The old track-bed near Bolton Castle (24/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The old track-bed near Bolton Castle (24/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The old track-bed near Bolton Castle (24/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The old track-bed near Bolton Castle (24/05/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Delivery of a new dumper truck to the track-bed near Bolton Castle (07/06/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Delivery of a new dumper truck to the track-bed near Bolton Castle (07/06/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Delivery of a new dumper truck to the track-bed near Bolton Castle. Mark Flather (left) and Arthur Hartley (07/06/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Delivery of a new dumper truck to the track-bed near Bolton Castle (07/06/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Delivery of a new dumper truck to the track-bed near Bolton Castle (07/06/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Delivery of a new dumper truck to the track-bed near Bolton Castle (07/06/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed near to Bolton Castle (07/06/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed near to Bolton Castle. Arthur Hartley on right (07/06/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The cleared track-bed near to Bolton Castle (07/06/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Arthur Hartley (left) and Neil Gill working on the track-bed near to Bolton Castle. June/July 1997 (--/07/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
The cleared track-bed near to Bolton Castle (16/08/1997)
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Photo - Neil Gill
Working on the track-bed near to Bolton Castle. (16/08/1997)
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