Today sees us yet another step closer to having the re-railing done.
This morning started by dragging the digger away from trenching at Castlemaine for a quick tamp of last weeks work, followed by lots of drilling and spiking to complete the job.
Steel sleepers were also attended to, as were anchors.
We used a combination of the drill pack and the hand drills today, this gave a very quick production rate, with everything spiked and jewellery collected by 11am.
The gang sorting the jewellery.
No rest for the wicked however, we’ve dropped out all the sleeper plates ready for the next leg.
We even found time to duck away to Muckleford and cut the remaining rails as required as well as loaded them ready for drop out tomorrow.
Afternoon tea was quite a relaxed affair today, as the gang are all back on deck, taking the time to catch up once again. It was also extremely well deserved as with the speed and effort they put in, means we exceeded all expectations and even broke up all the old 60lb rail from the previous efforts here – a very hard and tiring job.
Our gang in action, it’s a pleasure to just stand back and watch occasionally, as things happen at a great rate before your eyes!
We’ll be out here again tomorrow, preparing the other leg.
And don’t forget about Civil Saturday, this coming Saturday at Muckleford from 8.30am.
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