Mine tramway begins

The new section of the railway, the mine tramway, has now been started. This morning it was nice and dry after a coupe of weeks of mostly dry weather and I got the initial trench dug and the hardcore in.
Rain stopped play and now it looks like tomorrow will be the last chance over Easter to get the concrete base in place.

The initial trench is dug

Wooden stakes are driven in and leveled to the height of the concrete base.

Hardcore in, just the concrete to go

In the workshop several projects are nearing their completion and will be featured here soon.

Spring is coming.

The weather has warmed up nicely and is staying mostly dry so thoughts turn towards getting some more work on the line start to cross the mind.

I will be starting the mine tramway branch this weekend and the foundations of the Treacle Factory as well. This will give me some more siding space and begin phase 2 of the railway.

The station platform has not survived the winter very well and will be replaced with some slate floor tiles that a friend gave me with the original slate paving slabs along the edge of the platform. Hopefully that will be done in the next couple of weeks.

Work is still going on on the workshop with lots of projects either well in hand or waiting space on the workbench.

A new cab ride video has been added to my YouTube channel with a new one planned for the end of May when the new construction will be complete.