Exercise Turnout 20 is now drawing to a close, with some fantastic benefits for the railway being achieved. Wensley crossing has been replaced, the track relay at Harmby has been completed and Swale bridge has been retimbered. The Army also carried out a number of...

The new crossing at Wensley is now complete. The Tarmac margins have been laid and the crossing re-opened to road traffic. There are still a few minor tasks to be completed, but these are not time critical so can be done at our leisure. The first train ran over the...

More progres at Wensley with the tidying up of the areas around the crossing and compacting the crushed stone that will be  under the new tarmac. Tarmac to be laid tomorrow and will see this job finished. Elsewhere the track re-lay at Harmby is progressing, hopefully...

First major project is now nearly complete, with the deck at Wensley crossing in, leveled and secured. Just need to replace the tarmac edges and then re-paint the road markings.    

Upgrading the railway is a 7 day a week job. The installation of the new road deck at Wensley has been the focus for today, and hopefully by now the deck is installed and fixed down. Next staep wil  be to replace the tarmac on either side.      Wensley...

the weekend is already apon us and progress so far has been good. The rail has arrived for Harmby, the crossing at Wensley has been dug out, new track laid and the decking supports are in. Swale bridge is being re-timbered, with all the timber we require having been...

Focus today has been back with Wensley crossing where the track has been replaced and now the new road deck is being installed. This is requireing concrete shouldsers to be created as supports for the edge beams that will then support the deck panels. The position and...

In addition to the 3 major projects at Harmby, Wensley and Swale bridge, the Army are also helpig out with some smaller projects to both practice their skills and benefit the railway. One of these is to carry out geotechnical surveys of a number of strecthes of the...

The third major project in Exercise Turnout 20 is the re-timbering of Swale bridge. This requires the wooden beans under the sleepers and rails to be replaced with new timbers. While this is happening we are also goign to repair some of the handrails and walking...

With the rail for the Harmby Relay project now deposited at Leyburn, we can turn our focus to the renewal of the crossing deck at Wensley.  To date the Railway has upgraded nearly all of our road crossings to use modern decking components, with Wensley left as one of...

Exercise Turnout 20 is now in progress, with work due to take place at Harmby, Wensley and Swale Bridge amongst other locations. The Harmby portion is to relay 500 yards of track with flat bottom rail on concrete sleepers, and to achieve that we needed a source of...

Excercise Turnout 20 is really starting to gain momentum now. More heavy equipment has been deliverd to the main railhead and the first works train has been assemebed for use by the Army.  Monday will be the first official day of the exercise, with the arrival to the...

We are pleased to announce that the Wensleydale Railway are getting some assistance in the major infrasturcure upgrade project. The British Army, in the shape of 507 Specialist Team Royal Engineers (STRE). They have been helping us plan the project for aome months...

The first train to run over the railway ran on the 23rd September, taking materials to one of our works sites in preparation for the Infrastructure Upgrade. The class 03 took a number of wagons, including the recently refurbished Shark ballast plough from Leeming to...

With the recovery of the required sleepers for the Harmby re-lay part of the project complete, they have now been transported to our infrastructure railhead. This was no mean task with over 750 sleepers needing to be moved and made ready for re-use. We are now in the...

Exercise Turnout 20 is now drawing to a close, with some fantastic benefits for the railway being achieved. Wensley crossing has been replaced, the track relay at Harmby has been completed and Swale bridge has been retimbered. The Army also carried out a number of...

The new crossing at Wensley is now complete. The Tarmac margins have been laid and the crossing re-opened to road traffic. There are still a few minor tasks to be completed, but these are not time critical so can be done at our leisure. The first train ran over the...

More progres at Wensley with the tidying up of the areas around the crossing and compacting the crushed stone that will be  under the new tarmac. Tarmac to be laid tomorrow and will see this job finished. Elsewhere the track re-lay at Harmby is progressing, hopefully...

First major project is now nearly complete, with the deck at Wensley crossing in, leveled and secured. Just need to replace the tarmac edges and then re-paint the road markings.    

Upgrading the railway is a 7 day a week job. The installation of the new road deck at Wensley has been the focus for today, and hopefully by now the deck is installed and fixed down. Next staep wil  be to replace the tarmac on either side.      Wensley...

the weekend is already apon us and progress so far has been good. The rail has arrived for Harmby, the crossing at Wensley has been dug out, new track laid and the decking supports are in. Swale bridge is being re-timbered, with all the timber we require having been...

Focus today has been back with Wensley crossing where the track has been replaced and now the new road deck is being installed. This is requireing concrete shouldsers to be created as supports for the edge beams that will then support the deck panels. The position and...

In addition to the 3 major projects at Harmby, Wensley and Swale bridge, the Army are also helpig out with some smaller projects to both practice their skills and benefit the railway. One of these is to carry out geotechnical surveys of a number of strecthes of the...

The third major project in Exercise Turnout 20 is the re-timbering of Swale bridge. This requires the wooden beans under the sleepers and rails to be replaced with new timbers. While this is happening we are also goign to repair some of the handrails and walking...

With the rail for the Harmby Relay project now deposited at Leyburn, we can turn our focus to the renewal of the crossing deck at Wensley.  To date the Railway has upgraded nearly all of our road crossings to use modern decking components, with Wensley left as one of...

Exercise Turnout 20 is now in progress, with work due to take place at Harmby, Wensley and Swale Bridge amongst other locations. The Harmby portion is to relay 500 yards of track with flat bottom rail on concrete sleepers, and to achieve that we needed a source of...

Excercise Turnout 20 is really starting to gain momentum now. More heavy equipment has been deliverd to the main railhead and the first works train has been assemebed for use by the Army.  Monday will be the first official day of the exercise, with the arrival to the...

We are pleased to announce that the Wensleydale Railway are getting some assistance in the major infrasturcure upgrade project. The British Army, in the shape of 507 Specialist Team Royal Engineers (STRE). They have been helping us plan the project for aome months...

The first train to run over the railway ran on the 23rd September, taking materials to one of our works sites in preparation for the Infrastructure Upgrade. The class 03 took a number of wagons, including the recently refurbished Shark ballast plough from Leeming to...

With the recovery of the required sleepers for the Harmby re-lay part of the project complete, they have now been transported to our infrastructure railhead. This was no mean task with over 750 sleepers needing to be moved and made ready for re-use. We are now in the...