tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post923129072858760906..comments2023-07-10T14:18:09.980+01:00Comments on Extension Blog: MultitaskingJo http://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-85374552553712145402017-07-21T22:25:06.845+01:002017-07-21T22:25:06.845+01:00Isn't it obvious? The goods shed would look bi...Isn't it obvious? The goods shed would look bigger if you were close up to it! Toddington Ted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-33402107359631936222017-07-21T02:46:59.676+01:002017-07-21T02:46:59.676+01:00Regarding the earlier question of how to lay doubl...Regarding the earlier question of how to lay double track when you don't have a road-rail machine, I came across another possible solution while I was volunteering at the S&CR (Swindon and Cricklade. They have an old HiAB mounted on a four wheel flat truck which can be pushed around by a loco - or perhaps a road-rail Land Rover? (I have a picture somewhere of a larger RR vehicle pulling a small train or ballast trucks! If you couldn't get your own HiAB unit maybe putting the JCB on a well wagon might help?Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-28160980702148541462017-07-20T17:38:39.340+01:002017-07-20T17:38:39.340+01:00Another great blog Jo. Thanks for putting the Newe...Another great blog Jo. Thanks for putting the Newent pics on. We used to estimate a CS1 chaired concrete sleeper at weighing in at 7cwt.You could get six men round one in reasonable 'comfort' to pick it up with nips, the problem came when moving over uneven ground and the load came onto four men or worse still the middle pair! There is a manual lifting device for picking up Pandrol fitted sleepers where you can use 12(!) Men to pick one up, but who wants do that, except for spot resleepering. <br />John Barcy.John Barcynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-26036052794683288192017-07-20T10:13:06.395+01:002017-07-20T10:13:06.395+01:00Just think what the railways could be like today i...Just think what the railways could be like today if they had JCB's and Telehandler's! Then again we may not have this wonderful line in the Cotswolds as a heritage line!!! Great work everyone, the "smiling" line moves onwards...<br />Regards<br />Paul & Marion.Paul & Marion Sucksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15384367780051937185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-22984125551416586762017-07-19T21:26:15.860+01:002017-07-19T21:26:15.860+01:00Well done for working in the humid thundery weathe...Well done for working in the humid thundery weather. The goods shed looks bigger now that you are close up to it. Love the historical photographs. I bet they would have liked a JCB and a Telehandler in those days - without a yellow vest in site! Ah well..... Regards, Paul.St Blazey 1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/16697444840076235191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-34197612395199500372017-07-19T18:49:53.338+01:002017-07-19T18:49:53.338+01:00Please read the Facebook page as there may be some...Please read the Facebook page as there may be some more rail and sleepers available. Also, the side of the goods shed and up to the fencing is the official lead dog walk for the site. We can't remember exactly but last time we were there last year, the greenery made the fence secure ish. Not sure who responsible but not wanting an accident. It's looking really good. TrainFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16559302117907483063noreply@blogger.com