| For the first time since 1969, the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway is operating scheduled freight trains.
National Grid is refurbishing the high voltage power lines between Canterbury and Kemsley so the Railway is running a freight train to the site to save the laying of a temporary road across the marshes. UPDATED: I have taken some photos, from the train, showing the work that had been carried out to Monday 5th May. The scaffolding has been erected into towers so that the cables can be lowered without blocking the railway and the insulators on the Sittingbourne-side of the pylons have been replaced. |
'Barton Hall' at Council Crossing with two flat wagons and the Bowater brake coach. 2008-03-26 09:18:11 Buy Print |
The train was split so that the scaffolding truck could load the wagons from the centre. 2008-03-26 10:22:18 Buy Print |
Loading underway. 2008-03-26 10:58:56 Buy Print |
The complete freight train then proceeded to Electricity Crossing where the pylon undergoing refurbishment is located. 2008-03-26 11:25:59 Buy Print |
The insulators on the right hand side of the pylons have been replaced  2008-05-05 14:08:36 Buy Print |
The scaffolding has been erected 2008-05-05 14:08:40 Buy Print |
A net covers the void between the two scaffold towers which allows cabling to be lowered without dropping onto the railway 2008-05-05 14:08:46 Buy Print |
The pylons were erected back in the 1980s, the original pylons stood to the left, nearer Electricity Crossing 2008-05-05 14:08:55 Buy Print |
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