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Track laying progress

Iain, John, Ben and Colin work on double slip
Work progressing on our 91lb double-slip points, which will connect our mainline, centre distance, with the shed yard.

A lot of progress has been made with track laying at Maymorn since the formation was excavated and prepared in late 2009. Work has occurred in two main areas: the yard throat connecting the mainline with the rail vehicle shed, and our future mainline heading northwards through the station yard.

Our mainline track has received a little more attention over the winter months of 2011 after ballast delivery in March. Two further lengths of 50kg rail have been laid, sleepers installed, some of which required a lot of ballast to be shifted first! Further extension of our mainline track is pending excavation and widening of our entrance road, although we may do a little more work at the pedestrain crossing in the meantime.

Further work is also planned on our doubleslip through spring, with key equipment including rail drill, rail saw and crow up and running.