The work goes on ...

  Once we had started by cutting

out the turf with the basic route

we desired, we had to then peg out

the levels to decide how much

 dig and fill there would have to be

After this was completed our friend

 John brought in a mini-digger to help

 with the hard work and he very

 skillfully cut out to the depths

 we had marked with the pegs

 We then had to move enormous

 amounts of spoil from one point

 to another, making an embankment

 at the far station area to accept

 some of the excess

Once this was completed we put

 in edging wood (4"x1") so this

 could contain the granite

 when it arrived

A first layer of 20mm granite was

 laid at about 2/3" depth and

 was levelled against the wood edges

 to leave an infill remaining of 2" 

Sleepers 2"x3"were spread

 along the bed.  The rail was bolted

 down with gash end bolts and we

 used large washers with a neoprene

 washer attached for better grip

The woodwork for the level

 crossings was fitted

Then the remaining granite was

 laid around the sleepers to level

 off with the tops of the wooden

 edging and the tops

 of the sleepers