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Volunteers needed for P-Way WorksMon 12th to Friday 23rd November 2007It would be great to see more people this weekend in particular - 17-18 Nov.Reports and photos from the first week are below. This year's engineering work concentrates on changing over 40 Bullhead rails out on the mainline between Sheffield Park and Kingscote, along with some possible work in the Down Yard at HK, should we get a sufficiently large number of attendees. News from the first week - Nov 2007Robin Elliott's station team have been repairing the old foundations and pit at the south end of Platforms 1 & 2 at Horsted Keynes over recent months. The Alf Brown Group have also been involved, and a water crane of a pattern which matches the others at Horsted Keynes prepared for installation. Taking advantage of the presence of the Railway's KGT for engineering week the water crane was erected on Tuesday 13th. The water crane cosmetically completes the project to return Platform 1 and 2 to its original form. These photos come from David Chappell. There are no plans as yet to reconnect it to a water supply, and this particular crane had been made inoperable by its previous owners. Installation of a suitable water tank and reconnection of the cranes at Horsted Keynes is a very long-term aim, and steps towards this will be made as and when the opportunity arises in the future - for example the main pipe-run the length of the station between platforms 2 and 3 can be overhauled when those tracks are next lifted for improvements to the drainage. There was also work being done on the Horsted Keynes canopies, but the main work of the fortnight is replacing some worn rails, and the sequence of photos below shows the first stage of that (again on Tuesday 13th), delivering the rail to sites to the south and north of the tunnel, the O1 loco being used to propel the bo-rail and brake van. The KGT road-railer was used to unload the rails. The P-way gang followed by Wickham trolley to cut the rails to length and drill the ends as required before then actually swaping the rails. Return to BRPS Home Page, to the Timetable or to Special Events Current Infrastucture News Archive of Infrastucture News: 2013-14 - 2015-16 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021-22 Archive Reports: Northern Extension Project - Permanent Way and Lineside News (2007-2011) - P-Way News (2002-4) Visitor Info. - Museum - Trust - Catering - Contacts - What's New - Projects - Locos - Carriages & Wagons - Signals - History - Other - Links - Search - FAQ Why not become a BRPS Member? - Get more involved as a Volunteer Last updated 21 November 2007 by Richard Salmon with text and photos from Paul Norris and David Chappell © Copyright BRPS. Privacy Policy |