Apologies for the lack of blog yesterday. However, we have a little more to share today.
Tuesday began by lining the track on the up side of the crossing, it’s been at bit odd for some time and was the perfect excuse to correct it.
We replaced an additional 10 sleepers either side of the crossing, to reduce the total amount needing attention during the crossing works.
However as we still had Wednesday’s (today’s) trains to content with, it had to be trafficable.
The result was a noticeable dip through the crossing, but it was still quite within scope to permit normal train running.
And just to prove it, we were on hand for today’s last movement through the old crossing.
Once the train was clear and we’d received the track back, we began preliminary destruction!
The approaches have been lifted and where possible the old fouled ballast scraped aside, we’ve also reprofiled the surrounds to ensure drainage.
As expected the road bed is good, tidy and rick solid, so we won’t be disturbing that any more than we have to now.
Tomorrow’s road closure starts at 7am, and we’ll be on site around the same time, ready to pull apart the crossing and begin digging to depth. Join us tomorrow to see how it’s done!
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