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• The WSRA have issued the following update...
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The earthworks and ditching alongside the West Chord have been
completed and the 'right hand side' of the line tidied up ready to
hand back to the farmer. Track and sleepers are available to
complete the line around and onto the Barnstaple formation - watch
this space for an appeal for help to lay this when the time comes.
The Barnstaple trackbed has been stripped and levelled for
approximately half of its length back to the dismantled Allerford
Lane Bridge and ballasting will follow over the winter months.
The East Chord, curving toward Taunton, has been completed and the
first section of underballast laid. The last culvert under this
chord is being installed at the moment and will be completed in time
for any rain that may occur this winter!
Once ballasted this chord is likely to be used as a road to get
other materials down to the Taunton end of the Barnstaple Branch. We
shall require further deliveries of track to complete this section
anyway.
So there is plenty going on even of it is a little mundane at
present and not immediately visible from the site boundary. of
course the HOBC calls every day and simply moving the ballast heap
can take up to half the day. With the shorter daylight hours now
upon us and an increasing chance of rain this does reduce the amount
of construction that can occur.
There have been rumours that we have deliberately slowed progress to
allow the delayed turntable works [at Minehead] to catch up rather than taking too
large a lead. I am afraid I can't possibly comment on that but rest
assured work continues apace, and yes everyone is working very
hard!
West Somerset Railway Association
2 November 2007
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Norton in Autumn 2007...
