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 -
Dab of track lube
Unscrew sufficiently to check if any pad still exists (some are horse hair) between chair and sleeper using power tools thankfully!
"Gentle" persuasion for those nuts that are seized, usually three strikes of hammer cracks them free or shears rotten bolts!
New rubber pad inserted if required, by deftly lifting chair.
Another dab of lube before tightening nuts up again, those that will not loosen or bolt spins below sleeper or other reason as deemed by Georgie are condemned (yellow X) for future use in sidings.
Thanks to Richard (photos) Mike above (info) Andrew, Georgie and the Station Master who kindly supplied cold tins of soft drink as it was a roasting day.
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