This morning was taken up with positioning the remaining sleepers, levelling and compacting the base and putting in the reinforcing steel mesh to the correct depth.
Above Fergus admires our handy work just before an early Lunch, not quite finished Lunch when Ritchies of Aviemore arrived spot on time.
Spreading the concrete with shovels was hard work but fortunately there were many willing hands.
Screeding relatively easy here (not so sure if Ian agreed)
Slightly more challenging here, although Victor the Builder came along with his rake, made it look easy. John at this end of screed and definitely Stuarts better side facing the camera!
Opportunity to try and clear some of the scrap wood and stack suitable wood on pallets, for lighting up the Steam Locomotive, which is turning on the turntable through the heat haze, for a Photographic Charter Train tomorrow.
Job nearly done, plastic tape was used to cordon off any unintentional trespassers!
Thanks to all that helped today- Ian, Mike, John, Fergus, Victor and Jim Clark checking up on progress. A small squad would have struggled, even though I still suspect many aching muscles tomorrow and thanks to the Strathspey Railway Association for funding the 10 cubic metres of concrete.
No comments:
Post a Comment