Part 1
Hanson class 59 locomotive 59101waits while
ballast is unloaded onto the Down track bed between Sunbury and Kempton
Park. Photograph taken through the arch of Park Road bridge.
A road / rail excavator is at the platform
of Kempton park station and Hanson locomotive 59101 is beyond.
Hanson locomotive 59101 has pulled
forward as the excavator unloading the wagons has worked along the track
bed.
A similar view to the previous one, but this
time taken from Kempton Park station footbridge.
Another view from Kempton Park station
footbridge.
Hanson 59101 will soon take its empty train
to Eastleigh. Later new sleepers will be brought to the work site,
followed by new rails. Only when the line has been properly tamped and
levelled will it be reopened for normal rail traffic.
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