Exercise Turnout 20

Exercise Turnout 20

by | | Infrastructure Upgrade

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...
First Works Train

First Works Train

by | | Infrastructure Upgrade

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...
Sleepers Arrive

Sleepers Arrive

by | | Infrastructure Upgrade

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...
Sleeper Recovery

Sleeper Recovery

by | | Infrastructure Upgrade

The first major task of the Infrastructure Upgrade project was to obtain suitable concrete sleepers to be used on the track relay at Harmby. A search for the ‘Goldilocks’ sleepers was carried out. They needed to be in good condition, not too far away, not...