There was some time to spare on Christmas Eve while the adults prepared for the party. As the rails and most of the deck on the restored Bridge 3 were complete, these two found that they could drive over the disused track beyond the bridge workings until stopped at a collapsed tube rail just before Bridge 5.

Xavier and Ali-mae almost reaching Bridge 5

Children visiting for the Christmas school holidays were the reason to put the light rail vehicle (i.e. modern tram) back on the rails. The Sydney trams have ten sections: end, suspended, middle, suspended, end, end, suspended, middle, suspended, end. So far we only had three sections.

So now we have 40% of a Sydney Light Rail tram.

Now the work train can park on the far side.

All the deck down and ready for painting.

Well, we have been too busy, or too lazy, to keep this page up to date. Work included painting the rebuilt bridge, replacing some failed tube rail and starting repairs on the first bridge. This included changing tube rail for profile rail and replacing some of the transoms. That all works but the deck also needs to be improved.

Finally getting around to dealing with the two streaks of rust in the long cutting.