Work on the installation of the lever frame for the 'new'Ashburton Junction Signal Box is forging ahead with the installation of the locking room floor.
These timbers are 14 inches wide by 6 inches thick and needed 8 men to lift them into place. Their installation now means that we can get the rest of the locking frame installed

Original Track layout proposals (subject to HMRI approval).
Latest proposal (subject to HMRI approval Adobe® PDF format).

Follow the progress..

Two of our younger members waiting to bar the new locking room floor timbers into place	Photo©Nick Perring
Shows Tony Wright and Ray Penny doing the fitting work	Photo©Nick Perring

Earlier news:	Arrival at Buckfastleigh by road
	Ground Works at Totnes Littlehempston
	Construction at Totnes Littlehempston
	Lever frame installation

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