tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post7712220966290859340..comments2023-07-10T14:18:09.980+01:00Comments on Extension Blog: Ballast trains to BroadwayJo http://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-14331774790319553022018-02-16T16:41:50.389+00:002018-02-16T16:41:50.389+00:00Thanks for a prompt reply Jo.
Thanks for a prompt reply Jo.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-43113737904276280592018-02-16T15:16:33.231+00:002018-02-16T15:16:33.231+00:00It's magic :-)
Actually, we have a small load...It's magic :-)<br /><br />Actually, we have a small loading area at Stanton, where lorries can drop the ballast next to the track and where it is loaded by Steve (who then races to Broadway to help drop it as well)<br />Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-15221081333319865762018-02-16T15:10:56.441+00:002018-02-16T15:10:56.441+00:00Pardon my ignorance, the dogfish arrive loaded wit...Pardon my ignorance, the dogfish arrive loaded with ballast. The ballast is distributed and the dogfish depart empty to return later loaded. Where and how are they loaded please ?<br />An excellent blog thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-91498973472901167252018-02-15T19:02:14.005+00:002018-02-15T19:02:14.005+00:00What a lovely finish on that floor. Presumably som...What a lovely finish on that floor. Presumably some brave volunteer has now to drill holes in it to fit the ticket barriers!David Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663379269754269774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-46708244395889235382018-02-15T13:20:49.807+00:002018-02-15T13:20:49.807+00:00Thanks Jo, another fine detailed report. Jobs are ...Thanks Jo, another fine detailed report. Jobs are certainly piling up for the PW Gang, that's three jobs I can almost recall, Broadway, Gotherington bridge and the points at Toddington South, it must be hard without Pauls Catering Coach stranded at the base in Toddington, is Mrs. B supplying other sustenance? Keep going though as only six weeks to go!!<br />Regards <br />Paul & Marion.Paul & Marion Sucksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15384367780051937185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-35170983866181566962018-02-14T22:37:59.408+00:002018-02-14T22:37:59.408+00:00- Neal changed into soft shoes to enter the bookin...- Neal changed into soft shoes to enter the booking office, and I think this would be a good practice for our customers too :-) <br />I remember a castle in France where all visitors had to change into slippers to avoid scratching the parquet floor.<br />- There are still a number of minor jobs that need sorting - final track position adjustments, exchanging fishplates from temporary to final, installation of the two barrow crossings etc.<br />Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-39840452834709192742018-02-14T22:33:40.325+00:002018-02-14T22:33:40.325+00:00- It took a long time to wind down the plough
- Th...- It took a long time to wind down the plough<br />- They may look nice on P1, but they are now missing on P2. A good dozen more tops will need to be found.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-29869356679067057272018-02-14T22:31:19.795+00:002018-02-14T22:31:19.795+00:00Many thanks to Jo for another wonderful post, inc...Many thanks to Jo for another wonderful post, including, I think, one of his best shots of my favourite diesel (well, electro diesel), the class 73. It really is very handsome, don't you think ? <br /><br />I was going to make a remark about the Booking Office floor, but I see St. Blazey has got in before me. All I can say about his comment is, I totally agree with everything he says. <br />They're not really going to let the general public walk on that floor, are they ? Good heavens.<br /><br />Well done with the ballast drop. So, once it has been tamped, that will be it, will it ? I see S&T have been busy, installing the ground frame et al.<br /><br />Good luck with everything else.<br /><br />Peter<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> PeterHWrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495198265526743106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-847595572820436592018-02-14T21:42:51.322+00:002018-02-14T21:42:51.322+00:00Excellent pictures of the ballast drop. How did yo...Excellent pictures of the ballast drop. How did you get to the buffer stops end that quickly to take the next shot?<br />The Booking Hall is really looking too good to let people walk upon!<br />Platform 1 looks so much more the part with the tops on the lamp posts.<br />To coin a quote. "This is not going to be great. This is not going to be amazing. This is going to be Amazingly amazing!".<br />Regards, Paul.St Blazey 1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/16697444840076235191noreply@blogger.com