This work has not gone ahead. The wind was too strong on Christmas Eve to operate said splendid crane. By the time the wind died down there was not time to complete the work in order to reopen the railway on 27th December. I have mixed views on this. Sure, those who are booked to travel between Leeds and York on 27th December based on a direct 22 minute journey time on TPEx or XC services will not want late notice timetable amendments or cancellations. On the other hand huge amounts of money has been spent on hiring the splendid crane and transporting to site, securing labour at Xmas day pay rates, setting up road diversiosn etc. I do wonder if maybe they should go ahead an implement rail diversions for the 27th to complete the job.