Scunthorpe Cold Steeler No 27, - 6th January 2024

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Heavy Repair Bay (the building ahead) propelling along Road 7 to join Road 6 to Door 6 at the end, right is Road 8 which goes to ... Door 7!!<br>[© Alan Sheppard 2024]	The Battle of Scunthorpe Muck Bank 2024, the railway is buried in the well-compacted road ahead along the left hand side!<br>[© Rob Moorcroft 2024]	The opposite direction: There is a railway in here somewhere - honest. The don't call it the Muck Bank for nothing; Martyn Brailsford (right) supervises. The flood lights (left) are at Mills Exchange Sidings and the Foreign Ore Branch is in the background ahead with a set of rotary tipplers.<br>[© Alan Sheppard 2024]	You're almost there - our Route Director, Alan Sheppard, directs the tour up to the Muck Bank buffer stops.<br>[© Rob Moorcroft 2024]	The participants are very grateful to all those who 'mucked in', as a result of which the Muck Branch buffer stops were reached. (You wouldn't be able to do this sort of thing in Bosnia even you know.) Next time we must bring an angle grinder...<br>[© Alan Sheppard 2024]	This monumental event was clearly worthy of more than just one photo...<br>[© Alan Sheppard 2024]	Our train at Appleby platform during the lunch break; there appears to be some sort of Stewards Meeting taking place… they are a hardy lot.<br>[© Rob Moorcroft 2024]
A mini-blast furnace? No it was a glowing hot brakevan stove on our Scunthorpe tour.<br>[© Alan Sheppard 2024]	Points 486 were installed earlier in the day for the new Coke Handling Line. It will swing right and back round to 'The Angle' - see track plan.<br>[&copy; Rob Moorcroft 2024]