Progress with the track slew at Duffield. 5 June 2024

Published 2024-06-05
An update for supporters of the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway on the work to slew and divert the line around a landslip that has blocked the railway since October 2023.

All Comments (16)
  • @sirjohng1
    Great to see guys who know what they are about getting the job done efficiently and quietly. As an engineer it is great to watch. Thank you.
  • @ianj843
    Thanks for sharing this video so that we can see how the work is done. Tremendous. It was great that Volker Rail came up trumps.
  • Very good to see this. A timely reminder of difficult and very dirty work needing doing and tackled. Best wishes to the house residents who have been obviously living within a nightmare after the landslips. All being well I shall join you AT DUFFIELD ! -in a short period of time. Aptly for the date, surrender was not an option...............WELL DONE the EVR team.
  • @utupia2012
    Thank you Neil for posting this excellent and most informative video. I look forward to taking the train once more from Duffield, courtesy of all the detailed planning and hard work that has gone into re-aligning the track in such a short space of time. Cheers, William Skinner.
  • @MervynPartin
    You should all be proud of what you have accomplished. Well done👍
  • Very well done to all concerned, look a very nice job indeed . 👍
  • I was expecting to see a brake van with ballast ploughs fitted!
  • @cathybrind2381
    May just be the camera angles but the new track seems better aligned than maybe it did before - a smooth curve. Well done everyone.
  • @1943L
    Great to see this specialised machinery doing a good job.
  • @davidb3172
    Dropping stone is always interesting like using the shark to spread stone dropped from the dogfish centre door.
  • @JamesTrigg
    Hi Neil, I just found this post, and was wondering why was the track realigned? Ah I just heard your comment
  • @user-it7lf7kk8m
    Looks like a bit more ballast on the right of the tamper would help, seems a bit scant