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The Extension Work

At this stage of construction, the Extension consists of three activities: fencing to keep out livestock and delineate public footpaths; excavating and filling to get the level of the formation correct; laying and rolling the slate-waste haul road on which the railway will be laid.

Fencing Work

A major achievement in Civil's Week was the sheer amount of fencing completed. Because a public footpath runs alongside the railway here, there are three fences to construct. The outer stockproof fences (including repairs to existing dry stone walling) are done first, and the footpath fence is done concurrently with the other work.

See also

• More Scenes of the Present Day
• Scenes of the Old Welsh Highland Railway
• More about the Welsh Highland Railway Ltd