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International rescue at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

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The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway benefited from from an international work party from the University of Birmingham’s Department of Engineering during a weekend in September.

As part of their MSc course 14 new full-time students comprising of three new entrants to the rail industry from China and Turkey, a new entrant from Muscat and Oman a senior rail engineer from Korea and six civil servants from Indonesia helped relay part of Wirksworth yard that had hardly been touched since the EVR moved on site over a decade ago.

The team was led by recent MSc graduates from Britain, Malaysia and America. Volunteers on the EVR instructed the students in the correct use of tools and showed classic railway skills such as barring 18 yards of rail into the prepared chairs.

Some of the students also found time to help in the restoration of the railway’s LMS brake van.

Once the work had been completed on the Sunday the students caught the EVR service to Duffield where they were able to connect with East Midlands Trains.

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