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