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  1. lynbarn liked Fireline's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    I am hoping 9129 will stay in use beyond the extension. It's ideal for things like getting forestry teams to work sites, where presently we have to use a DMU.

    Sep 15, 2026 at 10:36 AM

  2. lynbarn liked Ploughman's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    The type in use as personnel carriers on the Trans Pennine Upgrade 4 tracking are by Thwaites and are converted Road rail 5 Tonne Dumpers They have been in use since the mid 90's often on worksites that are a distance from an access or are in a...

    Sep 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM

  3. lynbarn liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    We are currently working on the reverse curve, roughly between Junction road and Salehurst. We laid 80m today, and aim to complete 400m by the end of the week, to join up with an earlier bit laid by the future passing loop, near Austens Rother...

    IMG_20260914_094337321~2.jpg Sep 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM

  4. lynbarn liked Breva's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    We walked quite a bit today, not enough track to run on. I heard we have laid 27% of the track so far, and the target for the end of this working week is to join up with another bit, and make it 39%. One of us ascertained that he took 14.000...

    Sep 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM

  5. lynbarn liked Miff's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Some time ago Baguley Drewry railcar 9129 was purchased for use on the extension. It’s a lightweight vehicle considered capable of transporting up to 14 people to a worksite over newly laid track. Here’s a blog entry from last year....

    Sep 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM

  6. lynbarn liked Nick C's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    From what I've seen of other projects, like the Bluebell's regular replacements, the track laying itself is pretty quick - the time consuming bit is preparing the bed for it to go on, getting it all smooth and at the correct attitude, working out...

    Sep 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM

  7. lynbarn replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Hi Mark, I get that, but comparing it to other railway projects, the reconstruction appears to be lightning fast and, to be honest, most welcome. I do hope to be about in the next couple of years to go for a ride from Robertsbridge Junction all...

    Sep 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM

  8. lynbarn liked Mark Thompson's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    The pace is really set by civil engineering (bridges/ drainage/ embankments to be rebuilt, coupled with accessibility. Thats why its being done in a particular order, rather than sequentially.

    Sep 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM

  9. lynbarn replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Thanks, Mike, for that. For some reason, I had it in my mind that the rapid amount of progress was due to track laying happening every week; glad to be corrected.

    Sep 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM

  10. lynbarn liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Patience! Track laying is generally one week per month, not every week. You ask when our wonderful K&ESR volunteer P Way team will run out of trackbed - the construction programme anticipates we run out of trackbed on which to lay any more track...

    Sep 12, 2026 at 7:41 PM

  11. lynbarn liked Streetert's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    They're busyy making another 360m https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/09/section-5b-track-laying-1.html [ATTACH]

    IMG_7038.jpeg IMG_6999.jpeg Sep 12, 2026 at 9:52 AM

  12. lynbarn replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    It is all looking good. I do have one question I hope someone can answer: assuming they can keep up the 360-meter track relaying each week, how long will it be before they run out of trackbed?

    Sep 12, 2026 at 9:51 AM

  13. lynbarn liked A1X 32670's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    New from the RVR is a report showing the progress we made this week. Was far better temperatures to work in though Tuesdays rain reached parts you never knew could get wet!! We are back laying track next week....

    Sep 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM

  14. lynbarn liked H Cloutt's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    These blog entries have been updated with additional pictures. There is a new post with progress on the work on Charwelton.

    Sep 11, 2026 at 12:08 PM

  15. lynbarn liked H Cloutt's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Junction Road Crossing was on the One Network a couple of weeks ago but disappeared after a couple of days.

    Sep 11, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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