Some shots taken on Wednesday showing the base of the station building at Midford. This is an incredible transformation from when we started - this whole area was buried under rubble and undergrowth, testimony to the amount of work the Midford Team have put in over the last 16 months!
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Well done you lot at Midford, brilliant results, keep up the good work.
Cracking work folks, now for a station, and some tracks towards Bath. No pressure!
Hi all-just been on google to find the biggest challenge. I reckon that Sturminster Newton takes a medal with a river bridge out and a 'clear' formation right through the centre of town! Any thoughts on this?
The Stour bridge isn't too big a challenge as the abutments are still in place (Prestleigh's a much bigger challenge!), as for the section through the town there is a park protecting part of the route though there were plans a few years ago for houses on the formation too! Nothing a few diggers and compulsory purchase orders won't fix.
Then it's clear at the station site as it's currently a car park, from there south its trailway, so protected again for us.
Are you looking to build any structures there this year?
We're waiting for the plans to be drawn up, then planning permission, but would hope to make a start on at least the oil store this year. This will mean we can keep tools etc on site.
I love this site, Thanks for all the amusing comments. I like a good laugh at the end of a hard days work!
Visited site last week. Was sad the bricks were just smashed to clear them. As they were the originals prehaps they could have been split apart and reused.Just means more money to replace what was already there. The morter in those days would have been a lyme mix so shouldn't have been to difficult to save them.
I think a lot of this went on when railways were closed. They really did think back in the 60s that we were entering an age of flying cars, silver spacesuits and food from tubes! Hilarious now but perhaps we shouldn't judge them too harshly! I think we will find some materials we can use, and obviously will do where possible.
We managed to save some of the bricks but the majority were too badly damaged/delaminated to do anything with. There are still quite a few good ones in the pile that need sorting out at some point.
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