to leeds and the northern powerhouse line between leeds and manchester. the restoration of the dartmoor line was made easier by the fact that after closing to passenger services it continued to be used for transporting railway ballast from a nearby quarry. it also ran as a heritage railway but now it s been upgraded. it s not as easy as you think. it hasn t been in good condition, - but there is a huge amount of work. we ve done 11 miles of track - installation in the last four weeks. it s actually been one of the fastest track installations in network rail history. well, this is the new track construction machine. it s an impressive piece of kit, around a quarter of a mile long. you can see what s happening. the grey pod at the top runs back, grabs the sleepers, brings them to the front of the train and then lays them in a perfectly straight line on the bed with the two metal tracks on top. it will run at a rate of around 400 metres per hour.
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it continued to be used for transporting railway ballast from a nearby quarry. it also ran as a heritage railway but now, it s been upgraded. it s not as easy as you think. it hasn t been in good condition but there is a huge amount of work. we ve done kind of 11 miles of track installation in the last four weeks. it s actually been one of the fastest track installations in network rail history. well, this is the new track construction machine. it s an impressive piece of kit, about a quarter of a mile long. you can see what s happening. the grey pod at the top runs back, grabs the sleepers, brings them to the front the train and then lays them in a perfectly straight line on the bed with the two metal tracks on top. it ll run at a rate of about 400 metres per hour. and in the belly of the beast, it is ryan sjob to keep the machine, well, on track. my position is to ensure that it s somewhere near and usually, i m pretty good. so you have to constantly monitor
have you been campaigning and working on this? well, i arrived in okehampton in 1975 and i saw it going gradually derelict then, so that was when i really first became interested in it. the line is the very first to reopen as part of the government s restoring your railways scheme, but this week has seen controversy and anger elsewhere with the scrapping of the hs2 link to leeds and the northern powerhouse line between leeds and manchester. the restoration of the dartmoor line was made easier by the fact that after closing to passenger services it continued to be used for transporting railway ballast from a nearby quarry. it also ran as a heritage railway but now it s been upgraded. it s not as easy as you think. it hasn t been in good condition, - but there is a huge amount of work. we ve done 11 miles of track - installation in the last four weeks.