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PERMANENT WAY
Here are some more photographs showing the Permanent Way department at work.
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Bridge 19 (in the Skipton to Ilkley sequence) is a trough girder bridge
containing a waybeam on which rail chairs are screwed. The waybeams were life
expired and had been removed. The girders were then chipped, painted and the
insides coated with bituminous paint. New waybeams were then placed in the
girders and the track reinstated.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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P'Way staff and a Grant Rail road-railer remove track from Bridge 21. The
ballast was then removed, again using the road-railer, exposing the life-
expired timber decking.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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The railway's crane is used to lift the 12" x 6" timber decking exposing the
girders beneath.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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View of exposed girders - these require replacement.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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P'Way staff freeing timber decking prior to lifting out by crane.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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P'Way staff on location at Healey Mills Yard, Wakefield, sorting track materials
from the Leeds 1st Project for re-use at Embsay.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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View of the rails obtained from Leeds 1st with assorted 'smalls' ready for
transporting to Embsay.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Prior to work commencing. Looking east over the site of the new headshunt.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Work commences! Looking west towards the shed complex that the yard will
serve.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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In order to support the new yard headshunt the existing embankment was
strengthened and widened. The original slope (or 'batter') was removed and a
new formation created by a method known a Reinforced Earth whereby layers of
compacted primary fill are reinforced by the layers of 'geogrid' placed
between them, knitting the whole together.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Before the widened embankment could be started the drainage was replaced and
improved.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Primary fill is placed and compacted.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Almost up to finished level.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Work starts on the yard area itself.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Geogrid shown laid out on the compacted layer of fill awaiting more stone.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Groundworks complete, the crossover from the main line was built up.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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A tandem turnout was constructed allowing three tracks into the shed to be
created over minimum linear distance.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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The batter of the new embankment is covered by a protective matting and
topsoil laid. This will grass over thereby keeping the soil in place and
presenting a good appearance to our neighbours.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Eastbound train for Bolton Abbey passes new headshunt.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Tracklaying on headshunt.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Crossover under construction.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Tandem turnout under construction.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Roads 1 and 2 are built.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Cutting a rail on road 1 - the flat bottom rails from Leeds 1st had been cut
out of continuous welded lengths by use of gas-cutting torches. These then
had to be cut to length using a disc cutter and new fishbolt holes provided.
Behind, a team is seen 'clipping up' the pandrol clips into the F27 sleepers.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Paul Warner providing new fishbolt holes. The machine in use does this by
passing a broach through the rail creating a clean finish to the rail rather
than the flawed finsh that drilling leaves. This avoids the need for reaming
the holes. The drilled finished is known to be a cause of 'star fractures'
emanating from the fishbolt holes.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Laying out concrete sleepers for road 3.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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Ballasting the top yard using the recently donated Robel (from GrantRail). This
is ideal for areas around turnouts as the ballast flow is far more controlled
than from a dogfish hopper.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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The top yard with completed shed, trackwork undergoing ballasting.
(c) Dave Barlow.
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