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Archive Reports: Northern Extension Project - Permanent Way and Lineside News (2007-2011) - P-Way News (2002-4)

Archives of Track and Lineside News up to 2011

We have a number of different groups working on the P-way, and the lineside.

Sunday Pway Gang Newsletter - February 2011

Sunday Tracks monthly news report from the Pway gang is now available, and now includes a report from the Wednesday Gang. It is available as a large pdf (3.8Mb) and a small (with very low resolution photos, 240kb) pdf file, (right-click on the link and select to download to your computer).

Rare plant found on lineside - March 2011

Following confirmation that we have one of the few colonies of the rare Wood Horsetail in the South of England, Pat Acock has provided this interesting article about the three types of Horsetails found on the lineside: available as a large pdf (13Mb) and a small (with low resolution photos, 390kb) pdf

Relaying track on Freshfield Bank

Michael Hopps has put together an in-depth report on the Track re-laying project on Freshfield Bank which was undertaken during January and February 2011.
To read the PDF you need Acrobat Reader. If you don't already have it installed you can download it free of charge from Adobe.

Help - Please Join Us

If you enjoy working outside and in the beautiful countryside our railway runs through then please consider volunteering. All the gangs would be pleased to see more members. You will be made more than welcome by any of the groups and even if you can only help once a month that would be great - More details here

P-way News Archive

Sunday Tracks - February 2011 - large pdf (12Mb) and small (340kb) pdf file, (right-click on the link and select to download to your computer).
Sunday Tracks - January 2011 - the first edition of a monthly newsletter from the Sunday Pway gang is available as a large pdf (10Mb) and a small (lower resolution photos, 450kb) pdf file.
Relaying of the track through the tunnel - February and March 2010
Report and photos.
P-Way Works - Mon 12th to Friday 23rd November 2007
Photos and news from the first week.
News from all the P-way and lineside groups - May 2007
A compendium of work undertaken in the Spring of 2007 from all the groups, and a good introduction to the breadth of the work being undertaken.

Extension news is covered separately, and older P-way news is here.

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