e well-compacted road ahead along the left hand side! (Rob Moorcroft - RM.)
BELOW: The opposite direction: There is a railway in here somewhere - honsupervises. The flood lights (left) are at Mills Exchage Sidings and the Foreig
nest. The don't call it the Muck Bank for nothing; Martyn Brailsford (right) gn Ore Branch is in the background ahead with a set of rotary tipplers. (AS)
BELOW: You're almost there - our Route Director, Alan Sheppard, directs the tour
r up to the Muck Bank buffer stops. (RM) All photos 6 Jan 2024 unless specified.
BELOW: The participants are very grateful to all those who 'mucked i(You wouldn't be able to do this sort of thing in Bosnia even you know
n', as a result of which the Muck Branch buffer stops were reached. w.) Next time we must bring an angle grinder… (Alan Sheppard - AS.)
BELOW: This monumental event was clearly
worthy of more than just one photo… (AS).
BELOW: Our train at Appleby platform during the lunch break; there appears t
to be some sort of Stewards Meeting taking place… they are a hardy lot (RM).
BELOW: Points 486 were installed earlier in the day for the new Coke Handlin
ng Line. It will swing right and back round to 'The Angle' - see track plan (RM).
The rest are by Chris Lings on our 28 Aug 2023 tour. Here participants arrive for
r the tour at Frodingham Platform (the end of line is behind the photographer).
BELOW: At the AFR-S shed, propelling along the roa
ad, left of their shed, up to that stabled van ahead.
BELOW: The AFR-S Pacer taken from 227 Loop, their shed is the lower smaller o
one, roof just visible behind, and to the left of, the much larger building ahead.
BELOW: (The Billet Stock Bay is to the right.) The doors to the Rod M
Mill ahead are open - they are normally shut - but did we go in … ?
BELOW: The unusual stop blocks at the Rod Mill end of line from the le
eading brakevan that was propelled in (this is actually a colour photo).
BELOW: The Bar Mill, (right of the Rod Mill) and its now little used Caparo Ga
ate 7 line. NEXT: Rail Service Centre, 6 Bay East was clear for once so covered.
PREVIOUS: Approaching 2 Bay Despatch Area. NEXT: Looking back at it from
m the other side, the end of line was reached which is most unusual here.
BELOW: Stores Road between Points 118 andNEXT: The ends of lines beyond Concast are only transiently clear - you have
d 164 which passes beneath the High Lines. to jump in quickly - and we did… Both were covered as was Castor 5 Loop.
BELOW: The fairly new line between Points 316 and 319. NEXT: Furnace Road
which passes through the former Bloom & Billet Mill, now used for stocking.
BELOW: The former Bloom & Billet Mill, Entrance 6 West line (four lines like th
his were done here). NEXT: Entance 4 (east side line); this structure is massive.
BELOW: Former Bloom & Billet Mill Entrance 2 at the nor
rth end, the left hand line was covered to the end of line.
BELOW/FOLLOWING: Our Aug 2023 tour also had a good exploration of t
the Torpedo (Ladle) Repair Bay which will close with the blast furnaces.