This week is a trial on installing lots of concrete sleepers early in the week to speed up the clipping up and overall progress later in the week.
The day started off well, with stunning sunshine and ideal weather.
However a very burst hydraulic hose on the tamping head burst our enthusiasm some what.
But a little under an hour later we were back into, with the lift completed and timber sleepers out.
After a good afternoon’s work of scarifying and inserting concrete sleepers, we managed to insert a record breaking 180 sleepers! Thankfully the blown hose was our only hiccup.
We even found time to run the blower over the sleepers and tamp up one end of each sleeper.
Tomorrow we’ll be out again, to finish tamping up to allow trains to run (at reduced speed on Wednesday) and distribute all the jewellery ready for the gang on Thursday.
We’ll then go on to tighten more loose bolts towards Castlemaine. Meeting Maldon 8am or on site from 8.30am.
