Saturday 22nd October not a P'Way day, the opportunity was taken to rediscover the old platelayers cottages from the encroaching vegetation at Broomhill.
Before
and after Ian, Kevin, Les and David used an assortment of tools and manpower to clear the site. Thanks to all and Ian for info/photos.
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The forthcoming Dalfaber Level Crossing upgrade is more than just a major Signalling and Telegraph (S&T) project, to date delivered P'Way materials include -
Hardwood sleepers with Pan11 baseplates already attached,
hollow steel sleeper/cable duct,
specially coated rail, in an attempt to slow the corrosion caused by Highland Council's winter de-icing of roads,
rails with glued insulated joints - which thanks to Chris Doig recently Incorporated Engineer of the Permanent Way Institution "SHOULD be installed completely in accordance with the Standard" as he supplied the definitive drawing to our S&T Director.
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Today our sole task was drilling sleepers for this Winters big relay of track on "Kinchurdy Straight" using the late Hamish Mackay's robust/trusty template.
Fortuitously Georgie was on hand and used the Colmar to easily place the sleepers on the batons we placed out (although most were upside down! - we use the "heartwood up" theorem - open to debate I am sure!)
Anyway after lunch we dug out the generator and the bigger slower generator drill to double our production. Sleepers with markings of two X's enclosed with a circle are to be used at joints and ones with a single X are to be installed on the either end curves.
In total eighty were drilled today with plenty left to do, thanks to Mike Roddy and Georgie.
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