Extension Blog

Bob Foster's Matisa R7 ballast regulator, newly equipped with bristles for its rotating brush, was used on the Broadway extension for th...

Today was our last chance to use the mechanical means of the JCB before Stevie, its operator, goes on a long deserved holiday. This meant th...

The gearbox on the B&R tamper has now been repaired and reinstalled by the crew. It is now ready to resume the job it was doing before t...

Today was a big day for the gang, with the turnout to relay and perhaps the last two panels to put back in. The gang was certainly big enoug...

Thursday saw Haigh Rail come and finish off the welding in the cutting at Winchcombe, and next to them, the removal of spent ballast from th...