I took advantage of the much improved weather to visit the site. Very different from the very cold, snowy conditions of Tuesday when the tracklaying was completed. There was a road rail machine operating on the viaduct with a group of workers. It was towing a small wagon of concrete sleepers. My best guess is this was some remedial work prior to the top ballast going down.
Looking from the rear of the scrapyard, you can see the road rail machine through the piers of the viaduct
The machine moves on with the gang of workers preceding it. A First Capital Connect service advertising the delights of East Anglia heads north.
A closer look at the machine. The workers were quite vigorous with what looked like crowbars. Maybe replacing sleepers not up to standard?
Final shot from further north.
At the other end of the viaduct, I took a few shots of the embankment with track now in place from end to end.
The beetle bank appears to have been finished all the way along.
You can just make out the road rail machine on the far side of the main line.
Last two pictures show the recently laid track on the embankment from Hillgate. New fencing has been erected inside the temporary fence marking the final boundary of the railway when it is completed. Next major change will be the erection of the overhead gantries.
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