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Author: Patrick Jolley

Photographs taken between 19th & 23rd January 2022

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Wednesday 19.1.2022. Replacement rail is started to be checked and sorted ...

... Tony and Ifor are awaiting Ben to finish checking the rail

The loaded ballast waggons are shunted ready for use ...

... and the Lydd Waggon is loaded with prepared sleepers ready for the forthcoming weekend ...

... with a tidy finish to a good days preparation.

The initial selection of rail is loaded and will be shunted to the North Platform.

At the North Platform, the rails are numbered in pairs and identified for left and right placement ...

The rail has been dropped and Ben does some final checks as No. 6 heads back home

Saturday, 22/1/2022. The platform clearance and preparation at Corris Station is now well underway.

Clearance is now starting on the platform itself ...

... with the station throat now cleared.

The levelling and clearing progress continues ...

... with the track bed from the crossing progressing, ready for fresh ballast before track laying.

Birds-eye view over Corris Station redevelopment.

Traverser Construction at Statfold Engineering- The frames are now welded together and wheel carriers added.

Photographs taken between 13th & 29th December 2021

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Monday, 13.12.2021. Traverser construction - main traverser frames (Photograph courtesy of Statfold Engineering)

Frame cross and end beams (Photograph courtesy of Statfold Engineering)

The same frame cross and end beams from a different angle (Photograph courtesy of Statfold Engineering)

Wheel carriers (into which will fit the sealed units) (Photograph courtesy of Statfold Engineering)

The same wheel carriers (Photograph courtesy of Statfold Engineering)

Sunday, 19.12.2021. Sleepers - Charles is pre-drilling the fixing location

Ben and Sam are fixing the base plates...

Spot the difference (1)

Spot the difference (2). All 100 plastic sleepers are complete and moved ready to be laid..

Wednesday, 29.12.2021. Corris Station - Starting to clear the track

Slowly the track is lifted back towards the point

Trefor is called in to undo some tight nuts...!

Sam and Richard start to remove the point mechanism

The original point is started to be lifted...

A few last checks before the point is brought back to Maespoeth .

Finally, whilst being lit by No. 11's headlamp, the point is lifted onto trollys.

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