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Rother Valley Railway

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by nine elms fan, Nov 4, 2012.

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  1. H Cloutt

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    These blog entries have been updated with additional pictures.

    There is a new post with progress on the work on Charwelton.
     
    H Cloutt, Sep 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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    A1X 32670, Sep 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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    Would be good to see a video of the track laying in action. Perhaps a speeded up version ?
     
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    They're busyy making another 360m
    https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/09/section-5b-track-laying-1.html

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    It is all looking good. I do have one question I hope someone can answer: assuming they can keep up the 360-meter track relaying each week, how long will it be before they run out of trackbed?
     
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    Patience! Track laying is generally one week per month, not every week. You ask when our wonderful K&ESR volunteer P Way team will run out of trackbed - the construction programme anticipates we run out of trackbed on which to lay any more track around early autumn 2027. Mike
     
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    Thanks, Mike, for that. For some reason, I had it in my mind that the rapid amount of progress was due to track laying happening every week; glad to be corrected.
     
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    The pace is really set by civil engineering (bridges/ drainage/ embankments to be rebuilt, coupled with accessibility. Thats why its being done in a particular order, rather than sequentially.
     
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