Progress with the track slew at Duffield. 5 June 2024

An update for supporters of the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway on the work to slew and divert the line around a landslip that has blocked the railway since October 2023.

[@sirjohng1]

Great to see guys who know what they are about getting the job done efficiently and quietly. As an engineer it is great to watch. Thank you.

[@tridentmusic5570]

Very good to see this. A timely reminder of difficult and very dirty work needing doing and tackled. Best wishes to the house residents who have been obviously living within a nightmare after the landslips. All being well I shall join you AT DUFFIELD ! -in a short period of time. Aptly for the date, surrender was not an option...............WELL DONE the EVR team.

[@utupia2012]

Thank you Neil for posting this excellent and most informative video. I look forward to taking the train once more from Duffield, courtesy of all the detailed planning and hard work that has gone into re-aligning the track in such a short space of time. Cheers, William Skinner.

[@ianj843]

Thanks for sharing this video so that we can see how the work is done. Tremendous. It was great that Volker Rail came up trumps.

[@MervynPartin]

You should all be proud of what you have accomplished. Well done👍

[@stephenbrass1808]

Very well done to all concerned, look a very nice job indeed . 👍

[@brianwillson9567]

This looks more 'main line' than a lot of the railway network.

[@1943L]

Great to see this specialised machinery doing a good job.

[@johnjephcote7636]

I was expecting to see a brake van with ballast ploughs fitted!

[@cathybrind2381]

May just be the camera angles but the new track seems better aligned than maybe it did before - a smooth curve. Well done everyone.

[@davidb3172]

Dropping stone is always interesting like using the shark to spread stone dropped from the dogfish centre door.

[@pipandkitty2004]

Nice filming well done 👍

[@TheStevemcgregor]

Beaver tamper from Volker Rail does a super job.

[@JamesTrigg]

Hi Neil, I just found this post, and was wondering why was the track realigned? Ah I just heard your comment

[@Dilbert-o5k]

Looks like a bit more ballast on the right of the tamper would help, seems a bit scant

[@ericpaul4575]

That was the outside of the curve. For a 70mph curve it would have been raised higher than it was previously.