Re: Sumpter Valley Trackwork Part 2
| August 18, 2014 10:17PM |
Here Jerry is grooming the ballast so it is up to the top of the ties. The ballasting process depends on the skill of the engineer and ground people and in places it is either too deep or too shallow. Lacking mechanical ways to regulate the ballast level we use shovels and wheelbarrows.
Work is done on this 200 foot section of track. Time to head back to the yard and have a cold one once we go off duty.
Work is done on this 200 foot section of track. Time to head back to the yard and have a cold one once we go off duty.
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eric | August 18, 2014 10:02PM |
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eric | August 18, 2014 10:17PM |
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John Cole | August 18, 2014 11:46PM |
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Stewart Rhine | August 19, 2014 06:13AM |
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nedsn3 | August 19, 2014 06:41AM |
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Jerry Huck | August 19, 2014 08:50AM |
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Jeff Taylor | August 19, 2014 04:06PM |
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Tower Operator | August 19, 2014 04:54PM |
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Jerry Huck | August 19, 2014 08:36PM |
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Jeff Taylor | August 20, 2014 05:46PM |
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Skip | August 20, 2014 07:03PM |
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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