Trains are no longer running mid-week, so there was opportunity to continue the assembly of Highley footbridge. The sides for the main span of the footbridge were on a goods wagon at Highley during the diesel gala and were due to be lifted into place yesterday. The job for today was to assemble the staircase down onto the platform.
When we arrived the bridge looked complete, with all the metalwork in place, but on closer examination there were no steps on the east side and no walkway across the bridge. There were many planks of wood nearby, so still some work to be done.
20188 was the loco at Highley and the steam crane was also in action, at one point shunting some loaded wagons and the Class 20!
This how the bridge looks:-
