Thanks to ian for info and photos.
PWay team members (idiots?) John Wood and Ian Stanworth became White Van Men for
the weekend, taking a van from Inverness down to the Leighton Buzzard Railway to
pick up bits of two Jacker Packers to act as spares for the operational machine
that we have. They picked up the bits that the haulier may have left behind, and
which may well be valuable in the future.
The timbers have arrived to sit in the channels on the Dulnain Bridge and will
be installed once the blacksmith has completed fitting the channels onto the
crossbeams. The chamfers on the timbers are to ensure a better fit in the
channels.
The days work commenced with tidying of ballast between Milton No1 and No2 Level
Crossings where a team of 6 were in attendance. In the afternoon, following the
SRA meeting the team swelled to 8 and measured shovel packing was undertaken
nearby, together with similar work being undertaken on a total of 4 joints in
the section where rail welding has taken place.