TYNEDALESMAN
MAGAZINE OF THE SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY
NUMBER 146 SUMMER 2006PHOTOGRAPH REVIEW PAGE
Many thanks to Society members for the selection of the following photographs.
Outdoor Week - May 2006:
Trackwork - one mile north of Alston.Andrew McIntyre shows off his skills
as a digger driver during outdoor week.
Photograph by Mike Le Marie.Having removed the rails and sleepers,
the trackbed was dug out and levelled
before a ballast base was laid.
Photograph by Mike Le Marie.New sleepers positioned on the new base.
Photograph by Mike Le Marie.The rails are laid on the new sleepers
and bolted to the previous length.
Photograph by Mike Le Marie.Track screws are inserted into the pre-drilled sleepers
and tightened down.
Photograph by Mike Le Marie.To make the task easier
considerable use of hired plant was made.
Photograph by Mike Le Marie.The plant was moved to and from the site
on the newly refurbished ro-ro wagon.
Photograph by Mike Le Marie.
Passenger trains on the line.
Naworth at Kirkhaugh complete with her ‘go faster’ warning stripe!
Photograph by Stephen Carlton.Helen Kathryn on arrival at Alston.
Photograph by Stephen Carlton.
Competition Time.
Can you identify the owner of the pair of boots above?
A bottle of wine for the first entry drawn from a hat
which correctly identifies the owner of the pair of boots
and states what the person was doing at time time!
Answers please to Mike Le Marie before 30th September 2006.
Photograph by Mike Le Marie.
Tailpiece.
The lack of crews on certain days forced us
to take extreme measures to keep trains running!
Callum Hunter, age 6, gives the guard, his grandmother,
Claire Le Marie a helping hand with the tail lamp.
Photograph by Mike Le Marie.
SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Registered Office: The Railway Station, Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3JB
Tel. 01434 381696. Talking timetable tel. 01434 382828
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�To provide satisfaction for our customers and volunteers
by operating a friendly, safe and efficient narrow-gauge railway.�
© South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society, September 2006.