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The winter took its toll on some sections of track and the fine weather has meant that some maintenance work can be carried out before the spring timetable commences. Here the radius curve point at Dduallt is being resleepered and chairs replaced.  

I like the Gauge roller and the use of the mamod wagon which is my normal method of holding stuff needed and track testing too.

Neat job Mr. M! And another timely reminder that it's "that time of year again"!
Is everyone else fettled and ready for the new season?

Narrow Minded:51270 wrote:Is everyone else fettled and ready for the new season?

Er, no................



All the track's now lifted and all but a few yards -worth of ballast's been removed. The trackbed's been swept clean - next job is to cut and screw the additional 2" x 1" iroko battens to those already existing - THEN we'll be ready for track laying!

Brian you must keep up with your maintenance schedule this is not good enough. How can you let your track get like this!!

I guess its easy when the winter has been long and hard, recently .. well the forecasters are saying its goin to be a long hot summer so make sure you have adequate expansion gaps else its rollercoaster time!

Here at the "Little Morecambe Steam Railway" we continued running frequently throughout the winter.

Whilst maintenance work and service frequency picks up in pace now the better weather and lighter nights have appeared trains services have been running non stop for the small pretend people of Little Morecambe and district.

A number of local 16mm friends have also helped maintain these services and were often found huddled around the oil filled radiator with a mug of hot coffee in the Motive Power Depo (garage) between turns, adding hot air to the atmosphere with incessent yakking. lol