2024 has been a big year for the Civil Gangs. Around 4760 concrete sleepers installed, 2 level crossings renewed and the last of the 60lb rail removed from the running line, just to name a few of the big highlights.
Below is a very brief photo collection from the year.
We’re very proud of our efforts and hope the photos show off what a massive amount of work 2024 has seen.
January – it was very much a month dedicated to getting sleepers out of stockpiles and onto the ground.
February – A month of Turnout building and Bridge Works.
March & April – The big sleeper effort began – taking only 7 week to re-sleeper from Curve 20 to Pipeline Crossing.
May – re-railing Winters Flat Bridge – leaving only Sawmill Road Crossing in 60lb between Maldon and Castlemaine. A good few sleepers were installed back near Maldon too.
June – Lots of action, with concrete sleepers installed near Maldon along the straights and major turnout maintenance around Maldon Yard.
July & August – saw plenty of maintenance work around Castlemaine Yard
August / September – 2 level crossings were rebuilt, Woodlocks Lane and Sawmill Road.
October – Major Turnout renewal works in Maldon Yard
November / December – The last big push, to removal all the timber sleepers between Maldon and Pipeline Crossing, giving as 4.2kms of continuous concrete sleepered track.
There was an enormous amount more, just check back through the archives of the blogs to see all the enormous amount of work that was achieved in 2024.
2025 is shaping up to be no less impressive, with more turnout at work at Maldon to occur early in the year, some bridge works and thousands more concrete sleepers to install! It’s only 3.2kms to get to Muckleford from Pipeline Crossing so we’re going to give it a red hot crack! As always, we could always use an extra pair of hands. We’re also desperately needing funds to help purchase the required biscuits and clips needed to complete the planned work for this year – check out the donate page for all the details – anything would be greatly appreciated.
Work is now back on as usual – Tuesday 31st of December will be a regular work day at Maldon Yard, Thursday the 2nd and Friday the 3rd will also be at Maldon – continuing on with the turnout building works.
The following pics are from the 20th Anniversary Celebration Train a few weeks back – showing off our recently completed track, the loco and train in all its glory and part of the group we had with us helping to celebrate the event!
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