Network Rail's track renewal train was replacing the rails and sleepers on the up Great Western Main Line between Uphill Junction and Worle Junction in Weston-super-Mare, the south and north ends of the Weston-super-Mare Loop respectively. This photograph was taken from the footbridge that crosses the railway between the the Old Mixon crescent industrial estate and the Old Mixon playing fields, about a third of a mile north of Uphill Junction.
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This photograph shows the conveyor that takes new sleepers to be layed, while old sleepers are conveyed forwards underneath to be picked up and collated before being transported to the front of the train. The same wagon is also responsible for removing the old rail away from from the sleepers above the new rail waiting along side.
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Photo by <a href="mailto:cmckenna@sucs.org?subject=rail-photo at railfaneurope.net">Chris McKenna</a> 20/11/2006.<br>
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