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 new track laid by the train, with the old rails at the side. All that looks to be needed now is ballast.<br>
The first orange-jacketed worker appears to be checking the gauge while the trolley behind is carrying the equipemnt needed for a welder to slice the old rail into more easily transportable sections.
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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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