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Posted: **14 Mar 2009, 06:58**

Nathan wrote:Hi Guys, have a look see! Really great

James Smith wrote:The siding at the Russells Warehouse has been lifted and moved to the FOTR site. A total of 9 panels were removed (7 straight and 2 curved). A stop block and a 12 metre panel that goes under the boundary fence and into the road surface still need to be removed (1-4).

The seven straight panels removed the Russells siding have been laid, connected, aligned and ballasted in the cutting (5-6).

Forty Pandol clips have been fitted to the concrete sleepers (7).

Six panels (4 straight and 2 curved) and a stop block have been lifted and moved to the FOTR site from the TFR yard (8-9).

A total of 204 metres of 96lb track has been laid connecting the TFR yard to the entrance of the FOTR yard. Of this 180 metres have been aligned and ballasted. The remaining 24 metres will be aligned and ballasted once the points at the entrance to the FOTR yard have been connected. The points will need to be re-sleepered as the existing sleepers are rotten (10).

Approximately 425 concrete sleepers and clips are required to complete the storage line on the southern side of the FOTR site. These will need to be sourced before any further development can take place.

Photos by James Smith March 2009

Posted: **15 Mar 2009, 16:51**

Well done to James and all his helpers! This is how it now looks. John has requested that the points be set immediately inside the gate to maximize the usable track storage length. (Points, up to the clearance mark, are dead space with regard to storage.) Thus the panel in the photo just in front of the gate in the foreground will, John hopes, be moved aside and the points then shifted back to join the panel which is just behind the gate. Fortunately the panel just behind the gate ends about 2 feet short of the gate so the points will be OK with the lever inside our gate. If this were not the case, the rails of a panel would have to be cut to properly place the points just inside the gate. Note that the frog is not yet in place.

Posted: **15 Mar 2009, 18:15**

It's fantastic to see that first point lying (more or less!) in place - what remarkable progress. Congratulations to all, especially James S, who is overseeing most of this work.

Posted: **16 Mar 2009, 14:21**

Yes, well done everyone. Further steps towards being operational as a depot.

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