Snow clearance on the Horncastle Branch
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:26 pm
I was on the regulator, Peachbottom on the shutter and our near-neighbour Mark Loving ably wielded secateurs and Halfords' de-icer.
OBB tail-board pressed into use as temporary stop board- no trains to Minting today.
Platform 1 at Horncastle after ploughing.
Main line after ploughing. That picturesque moss in the 2' turns into a solid icy lump in these conditions and is very good at derailing underweight vehicles (and sadly the plough is underweight for the job it has to do- must ballast it soon)
Ploughing complete, the goods gets through! Coal train crossing the Bain.
OBB tail-board pressed into use as temporary stop board- no trains to Minting today.
Platform 1 at Horncastle after ploughing.
Main line after ploughing. That picturesque moss in the 2' turns into a solid icy lump in these conditions and is very good at derailing underweight vehicles (and sadly the plough is underweight for the job it has to do- must ballast it soon)
Ploughing complete, the goods gets through! Coal train crossing the Bain.