A small team were up on site this weekend with the JCB clearing the proposed track bed for the extension. Most of the clearing work of the trees and bramble growth has been dealt at this end, however there is still some of that work to do along the embankments and walls towards the Parkend part of the extension. The important task now is to fence off the land for the safety of the public. Significant refurbishment work is also required on the existing level crossing at Park

Adam Williams reports on an evening out to the northern extension So, what did you do with your Thursday evening? Quiet night in with a book? Bit of TV? Meanwhile, ours looked like this… Our trusty D-Reg, 1987-built JCB 3CX Sitemaster ventured away from Norchard for the very first time. This wasn’t just a quick outing – it’s now supporting the tree felling and clearance work between Parkend and Travellers Rest. It will be helping prepare the land ahead of repairing retaining

In January last year a team of volunteers spent several weeks clearing the trees and growth along this section of the old line. The aim was to clear access for contractors to repair a wall supporting the formation and bounding a neighbours property. View south towards Parkend, the wall repaired is on the right near the house. This year we are back again, finishing off clearance of the trees and growth which will one day allow us to extend the line up as far as the road at Tr

As part of improvement works just north of Parkend crossing, the Permanent Way team have started a 3 week project to remove the old north head shunt and ease the curve into the main point work. Earlier in the year the connection to the siding was removed in preparation for this work. Rob watches on as Adam uses our RRV to remove the old sleepers , some of which had seen better days. The tool in use on the RRV was also used to lift the rails clear. Again Rob watches on and di