29-12-05 Creech looking towards Taunton at 4:00pm. At this point just 20hrs of tamping and stressing is required before handover on New Years Eve!

29-12-05 Creech looking towards Bristol at 4:00pm

29-12-05 16:00 and the final top layer of ballast is dropped on top of the new line, it can be seen dispencing as 66038 pulls the train under the Creech ocupation bridge

29-12-05 66038 works the 6W59 Westbury - Taunton 'Autoballaster' over the new line dropping new ballast

29-12-05 66038 works the 6W59 Westbury - Taunton 'Autoballaster' over the new line dropping new ballast

29-12-05 Creech looking towards Bristol at 11:00am

29-12-05 Creech looking towards Taunton at 11:00am

28-12-05 Shot of the works so far was 66210 on the rear of the 6W57 12:08 Exeter Riverside - Taunton engineers. 66180 was on the other end, they were in T&T formation. This shot was taken at 19:00 from the Creech Ocupation Bridge

28-12-05 Creech looking towards Bristol at 7:00pm

28-12-05 Creech looking towards Taunton at 7:00pm

28-12-05 66180 sits idel, while a 'Thunderbird' digger passes after the original Hydrex Digger unloading sleepers failed!

28-12-05 in the low winter light, 66180 stands just East of the Creech ocupation bridge with the 6W57 from Exeter

28-12-05 A Hydrex Caterpiller Slew unloads the first sleepers from the 6W57 12:08 Exeter Riverside - Taunton engineers. After this shot was taken the digger promptly failed with a hydraulic fault and a new thunderbird digger had to be found, while the digger pictured was driven into the undergrowth out of the way!

28-12-05 A Flat wagon with new sleepers stacked ready to unload onto the new track bed

28-12-05 66210 is seen from the Creech road bridge, parked near the site of the old 'Creech Halt' Station!

28-12-05 66210 can be seen in the distance while the first sleepers are unloaded and set into position under the Creech road bridge

28-12-05 66180 and 66210 arrive into Creech with the 6W57 12:08 Exeter Riverside - Taunton engineers. The train conveyed new sleepers to be set into place overnight.

28-12-05 66001 is seen in the distance on the 6W56 Fairwater Yard - Taunton (For Creech) engineers. A train consisting of Side Tipping Auto Ballasters. The train is seen in Creech tipping its remaining load around 2pm

28-12-05 Creech looking towards Taunton at 10:00am

28-12-05 Creech looking towards Bristol at 10:00am

27-12-05 Creech looking towards Taunton at 3pm

27-12-05 Creech looking towards Bristol at 3pm

27-12-05 59202 and it's train the 6W52 can be seen from the Taunton and Bridgwater Canal

27-12-05 A view of a loaded JNA 'Falcon' loaded with spoil at Cogload Jn

27-12-05 59205 smokes it's way forward at Charlton ready to leave the engineering blockade and proceed to Westbury via Bridgwater following 66188

27-12-05 66188 makes a quiet and un-noticable departure from Charlton with the 6W51 heading for Westbury via Bristol

27-12-05 66188 is seen waiting to leave the engineering blockade at Charlton, once it's load was secured and checked for being in guage the train was allowed to depart to Westbury via Bristol TM

27-12-05 Workmen are seen securing track panels to Salmon wagons at Charlton on the 6W51 Westbury - Cogload Jn (66188). 59205 with 6W52 can be seen in the distance

27-12-05 59202 on the 6W52 Westbury - Cogload Jn is seen being loaded with spoil. It's 30 loaded JNA's will weigh around 2700 tons when full.

27-12-05 Creech looking towards Bristol at 10am

27-12-05 Creech looking towards Taunton at 10am

26-12-05 23:30. The view from home of the works site. To the left is Creech Village and to the right is towards Taunton

26-12-05 Creech looking towards Bristol at 11:30pm

26-12-05 66188 is seen from the ocupation bridge in Creech St Michael, with Taunton in the background

26-12-05 23:20 66188 is seen in Creech Village with the first works train to enter the site. The 6W51 19:51 Westbury - Cogload Jn is seen having it's three OBA wagons unloaded. The train is facing North ready to depart to Bristol once loaded with track.