2019 Fall Work Weekend on the WW&F
| October 12, 2019 03:19AM |
Some photos from the WW&F 2019 Fall Work Weekend day 1 -- Friday, October 11th:
At the north end of the rail train on the Mountain Extension, a bundle of 14 ties are laid out after delivery from gantry car 126.
An east rail is lifted off car 34 for placement north of the train.
A new east rail is bolted to the prior rail by James Patten and Jason Lamontagne as the gantry helps hold the rail in place.
Some of James and Jason's handiwork.
A tremendous effort by our spikers today. As the ties and rails were placed north of the train, our spikers closed much of the gap on the new track south of the train.
A view from Trout Brook bridge as the last bundle of ties were placed Friday afternoon. That milepost 8 sign sure looks nice after sitting in the bay window of the Percival house for the past few years.
The last rail of the day is placed. Trout Brook bridge is less than 100 feet away.
A group photo of most of Friday's tie and rail crew.
And here's most of Friday's hard-working spiking crew. All the track in the photo and beyond was spiked Friday.
At the very end of the day, here's car 34 loaded with rail at end of track for Saturday morning's work. Some of this rail will be used to cross Trout Brook.
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At the north end of the rail train on the Mountain Extension, a bundle of 14 ties are laid out after delivery from gantry car 126.
An east rail is lifted off car 34 for placement north of the train.
A new east rail is bolted to the prior rail by James Patten and Jason Lamontagne as the gantry helps hold the rail in place.
Some of James and Jason's handiwork.
A tremendous effort by our spikers today. As the ties and rails were placed north of the train, our spikers closed much of the gap on the new track south of the train.
A view from Trout Brook bridge as the last bundle of ties were placed Friday afternoon. That milepost 8 sign sure looks nice after sitting in the bay window of the Percival house for the past few years.
The last rail of the day is placed. Trout Brook bridge is less than 100 feet away.
A group photo of most of Friday's tie and rail crew.
And here's most of Friday's hard-working spiking crew. All the track in the photo and beyond was spiked Friday.
At the very end of the day, here's car 34 loaded with rail at end of track for Saturday morning's work. Some of this rail will be used to cross Trout Brook.
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