New Running Shed crossing and switch essentially complete, bar a lot of drilling and screwing down and packing, slewing
An attempt to document the activities of the Strathspey Railway permanent way department
Sunday, 31 August 2025
Aviemore Wheelset storage - 30th August 2025
Sunday, 24 August 2025
Aviemore Running Shed Track - ending Saturday 23rd August
Thursday, 21 August 2025
Aviemore Running Shed - progress on Track
Georgie has done a lot of prep work to get the requisite materials to Aviemore, her aim is to get it completed in 10 days! - to achieve this Fergus and Alex (Stonemason) are being utilised on a fulltime basis - Many thanks to them.
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
On going concrete sleeper refurbishment
Back at the start of the year we were donated track panels by Network Rail from sidings on the West Highland Line. Georgie's aim is to refurbish enough good concrete sleepers (546!) for us to replace the ageing wooden ones on a 1/4 of a mile of track towards end of Dalfaber straight, over the closed season this coming Winter.
Below brief outline of the process -
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Change of scenery/task near end of line
Saturday 24th May saw an extra PWay day (away from the fishplate oiling of late)
Sunday, 16 March 2025
An extra day squeezed in completes two projects - 14/15 March 2025
Monday, 10 March 2025
Broomhill plainline complete - Saturday 8th March
Saturday saw a Broomhill meet, the February service trains compacted the hand packed ballast sufficiently to allow for Measured Shovel Packing to commence -
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Packing ballast Broomhill plainline - 11th February 2025
For mid-week, a big squad met at Broomhill,
Saturday, 8 February 2025
Broomhill plain lined - Week ending 8th February 2025
Mike reports with below photos - Wednesday 5th saw a small squad meet Broomhill
Sunday, 19 January 2025
Pre-drilling for Broomhill remodelling - 18th January 2025
I think this is the third time we have tried to restart the Broomhill Yard Remodelling, a good sized squad in dry temperate conditions met with the usual cooling Broomhill Breeze!
The main task - to pre-drill mainline sleepers, using our new to us adjustable gauge set apparently 1/4 Inch wide, by the end of the day lots of flat batteries and 60ish sleepers drilled & requisite Pan 11 baseplates referruled & screwed down ready for use.
Saturday, 11 January 2025
Chilly start to 2025
Friday 10th January saw Georgie & John Wood shunting PWay materials from Boat of Garten to Broomhill
PWay Annual "line Inspection" - October 2024
Saturday 19th October saw the PWay squad have our annual relaxed inspection of the line.