Saturday 26 December 2009

Winter Wonderland

On Sunday, December 21st, plans for finishing off the fencing to the North of Waldersea crossing were put back because of the Snow. A number of members live in Rural areas or a few miles away, that prevented them from coming out. Therefore, the remaining fencing posts and panels where put away, ready for the new year, when the work resumes on January 3rd 2010.

On Sunday, January 3rd, work will be taking place at Waldersea to do the work put off since 21st December. The Bramley Line hopes all our supporters and visitors have had a very Happy Christmas, and we wish everyone a Good new year for 2010.

Sunday 13 December 2009

A Busy day at Waldersea

Well, we don't think Waldersea has ever seen so many cars or volunteers, with a count of 12 at one point, all in the same location, but not all doing the same work. We were very fortunate to welcome along two guests from the Heritage Railway Association today, who where given a tour of line, and spoke with us over the day about our project and we thank them for their time for coming along today.

A very bright morning started just after 9am when following the paint having now dried on the crossing gate, the replacement red target was placed on the painted gate. Once done, it's reflective target was then returned, making the gate look superb again.


As you can see this really sets the gate off as being a level crossing gate again. What you can't see is the new red target has been made from old wooden pallets, donated to the group by local farmers, which otherwise would have just been burned.


Having done this, there was the last of the fencing work to do, to join the new wooden fence from post to post. The last support fence post was dug and put in place, and the last fencing put in place.

Moving on from there, we are now erecting more fencing from the gates, all to make the crossing more pleasing to the eye, and the railway more secure. With the sun shining and the holes being dug, a good work mommentum was there all day, however at one point the heavens opened up and we could see clear blue sky each side of us.

We then took these photos of the approach and back to show you the difference between the before and after, and we hope you agree, it is much more pleasing an area to look at now.

Work continues at Waldersea on Sunday, December 20th 2009, to complete the fencing on the Friday Bridge side of the crossing. Work starts from 10am onwards. To get involved, please get in touch, e-mail bramley_line@yahoo.com

Saturday 12 December 2009

Christmas tree magic at St Peter's Church, March.


The Bramley Line Christmas tree is now on show at St Peter's Church, March for their annual christmas event. The tree was decorated by two members of the Bramley Line. Information on the Bramley Line and leaflets are also with the tree.

Each year, the Church has a number of trees on display, decordated by local good causes and groups. Our thanks go to St Peter's Church and Gordon & Sue for the time and the work they have put in to making such a wonderful christmas display.

Thursday 10 December 2009

Waldersea Gate takes shape

Following the work being undertaken on the March side gate at Waldersea, due to poor weather, very little work was done on Sunday, December 6th, but we did take the rotten red target off the gate, and paint undercoat on the wood underneath. On Wednesday, December 9th, the gate was repainted with Gloss paint over the undercoat already used. We also repainted the black metal fittings, which we think will need to be redone again. This took the majority of the day. The gate is looking very good now compared with how it used to look.



















Once this work was done, some time was taken to have a look at the Wisbech side gate to see if there was anything we felt we could do to repair the gate to make it look as good as the one on the March Side. It has been decided that the gate on the Wisbech side is beyond repair, and will need to be replaced. Unfortuantly, this will need to wait until the lease of the line is completed. Some photos of the gate are shown below to highlight why that decision has been taken.


This sunday we will be working again at Waldersea. The plans are to finish the fencing on the March side and put the new Red Target on the gate. We will then be looking at other Fencing at Waldersea. Members are welcome to join us from 10am onwards.