Track Construction

 

Main Extension excavation & levelling

Brick revetted elevation

Setting shuttering for main-lines

Laying concrete track foundations

Vibrating float plate

Track adjustment and securing

Down-Main extension nearing completion

Using the Aquaseal trombone to damp-proof sleepers

Extension approaches the original loop

Extension ready to join station and shed area

The work on underground storage begins

Pouring of the roof begins at the east end

Six roads of 90 ft for underground storage

Bunker covered and Erimus marshalling yard begins to form

Some of the extensive stock that made the bunker necessary

Crossovers and Erimus Yard loops going in

A final covering of cosmetic ballast completes the Erimus Yard