Summer running on the EALR

One of the company's two Stainz locos heads a pick-up freight along Rhododendron Bank towards the quay through countryside that shows just how much rain there has been this year, everything being very green and lush.

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The garden has been growing well with the wet weather this year, meaning I've had to use a strimmer to keep the line clear at the back of the pond, still it's been successful and it all makes a nice background for the line when a train is running. Smoke courtesy of Photoshop. :-)

Another view of the Signal Box

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Station enlargement at Myrtle Street

The increase in traffic on the EALR has necessitated an expansion programme affecting both track and buildings at Myrtle Street Station. The preservation group have just renovated the old signal box and brought it back into full service and a temporary building has been pressed into use as the loco shed for the station pilot. New trackwork allows more services to use the station and further works should be starting soon to build a new cattle dock for the moorland farmers who use the station to move stock down to the quay. Click the photos below to see larger versions:-