Wensleydale Railway - Photo Archive
Vegetation Team
(Extreme Gardening Club)
Akebar - February-April 2014
In early in 2014 work got under way to repair the second embankment slip at Akebar. The Vegetation Team were there helping with digging drainage channels and also removing all of the vegetation in the area to help in the efforts to repair and stabilise the embankment.
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Drainage channel being dug on the north side of the embankment at Akebar (12/02/2014)
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Drainage channel being dug on the north side of the embankment at Akebar (12/02/2014)
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Drainage work at Akebar (12/02/2014)
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Drainage work at Akebar (12/02/2014)
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A cold, wet and muddy Colin Brown at Akebar (12/02/2014)
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Tree clearance south side of Akebar Embankment (12/02/2014)
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Storage vans used by the embankment repair team at Akebar (12/02/2014)
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Some of the equipment used by the Akebar embankment repair team (12/02/2014)
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The embankment at Akebar with some of the trees to be tackled (19/02/2014)
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The south side of the embankment at Akebar (19/02/2014)
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Looking down the embankment at Akebar - the stream has plenty water in it (19/02/2014)
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View across the embankment at Akebar (19/02/2014)
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The embankment repair team busy at work at Akebar (19/02/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (19/02/2014)
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The embankment repair team were busy at work with their digger at Akebar (26/02/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (26/02/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (26/02/2014)
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Stuart and Neil doing a bit of Extreme Gardening at Akebar (26/02/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (12/03/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (12/03/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (12/03/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (12/03/2014)
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The pole saw is a useful bit of kit to get to high branches at Akebar (12/03/2014)
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The embankment repair team using their rail mounted digger to move their train at Akebar (12/03/2014)
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The embankment repair team using their rail mounted digger to move their train at Akebar (12/03/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (02/04/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (02/04/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (02/04/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (09/04/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (09/04/2014)
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Vegetation clearance under way at Akebar (09/04/2014)
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