January - February

Sleeper replacement, 'Operation Pathfinder' Day 5

Saturday 20th, East of Leeming Bar

Sleepers are delivered to site by train before the start of work

Looking back towards Leeming Bar, it has taken 4 days of Sleeper changing to get to this point.

Drilling in preparation for the chair screws

A big team meant we were able to achieve 50 sleepers by the end of the day.

A team finish off by packing the sleepers and making the site tidy

Drainage Works

Saturday 13th, Preston Under Scar

A works train arrives at Preston under Scar with the piping and materials required

Work in progress

Once complete, this work will ensure flooding is not an issue at this location, as it has been for some time now.

Sleeper Changing, Week 2 of 'Operation Pathfinder'

Saturday 30th Jan, East of Leeming Bar

Looking East

A new sleeper is in place ready for drilling.

38 sleepers were replaced, taking the total to 70 for this project

Sleeper Changing, Week 1 of 'Operation Pathfinder'

Saturday 23rd Jan, East of Leeming Bar

Jan 9th at Leeming Bar, looking east towards Northallerton. It looks nice, but its not the weather for trackwork!

Operation Pathfinder is a project with the aim of replacing 300+ sleepers before the end of March 2010, between Leeming Bar and Northallerton. The first days work should have been on January 9th, but due to the weather conditions this was cancelled. Work eventually started on the 20th Jan when volunteers started the digging out of the defective sleepers. Saturday 23rd saw the first full day of sleeper changing when 32 were replaced.

An early start on the Saturday was essential, its possible to see the sleepers that had been dug out on the Wednesday.

A sleeper that has seen better days

Looking west, sleepers are laid out ready for use.

Work moves at a good pace