Visitors to our Maymorn site will notice a change in our track layout, with the rebuilding of road 4 alongside the rail vehicle shed.
A temporary connection had been made in February 2013 so that Cyclops could be placed onto its storage track (check out Cyclops' journey into preservation at Maymorn). We removed two tracksets from the siding shortly afterwards to give better truck access to the workshop construction site - but kept the rails to hand for later reinstatement.
On Friday 11 April a few items were moved to make room for road vehicle access alongside the siding. These included the two Wb boilers, spare EMU wheels and the ash pan off Ab745 - all moved with the aid of a hiab truck.
The following Saturday 12 April two tracksets were rebuilt, leaving one last set to rework - which was tackled on 19 April. D2411, one of the Cyclops trailer cars, was uncoupled from the set at the end of the day and parked up in front of the rail vehicle shed, pending inspection and preparation for use as a carriage on our operating days.
Hugh marking up 50kg rail for cutting and drilling on 5 April. Photo: Glenn Fitzgerald
Two tracksets nearing completion on 12 April, the relocated boilers in distance near the workshop. Photo: Glenn Fitzgerald
John, Colin and Steve crowing rail to correct radius. Photo: Glenn Fitzgerald
Tr189 shunting the newly built road 4 on 19 April. Photo: Hugh McCracken
English Electric trailer car D2411 passing over road 4 during shunt. Photo: Hugh McCracken
English Electric trailer car D2411 on road 1 outside the rail vehicle shed, 19 April. Photo: Hugh McCracken