PHOTO REPORT:
HERSTON CARRIAGE SHED EXCAVATION & RETAINING WALL CONSTRUCTION - 27th June 2010

News Item and Photo Report from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 27th June 2010
Official photographer & press officer, Swanage Railway.
Photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright.
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The location of the new carriage shed excavation & retaining wall construction at Herston, as seen in the distance from the platform at Herston Halt, just outside Swanage on the Swanage Railway on 27th June 2010. Photo Andrew P.M. Wright

Swanage Railway's official photographer & press officer Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied a photo report of progress with the Swanage Railway's new Herston carriage shed excavation & retaining wall construction. Andrew's photos were all taken on Sunday 27th June 2010.

(For a separate news items showing the installation on 12th May 2010 of the huge piles supporting the wall, please follow this link)

The massive retaining wall at the site of the Swanage Railway's new Herston carriage shed on 27th June 2010. Photo Andrew P.M. Wright

The site is now prepared ready for track laying, with the location of the shed itself pegged out. An appeal for funds to build the shed itself (estimated at £150k+) will be launched shortly.

The new carriage shed is vital to the future of the Swanage Railway in order to keep our historic rolling stock stored safe from inclement weather when not in service on the railway.

The location of the new carriage shed excavation & retaining wall construction at Herston, just outside Swanage on the Swanage Railway on 27th June 2010. The pegs showing the location of the shed building can be seen in this photo. Photo Andrew P.M. Wright