Sleepers

Well it’s March and we’re full swing into re-sleepering. Most of today was spent getting all the required bits and pieces out to site, however that went quite smoothly, so around 1130am we started pulling spikes. We’re hoping to make this process a very minimal handling exercise, so we’ve got a big bin to carry as we go collecting old jewellery.

Before long we were into lifting the track to height and inserting sleepers, a total of 30 were inserted today, around 10 clipped up. This is in a 1 in 4 pattern, so tomorrow’s crew will complete the clipping up, while the intermediate sleepers are removed, ready to begin inserting the remainder. This should give us a good head start with the project, this will also be our learning week, working out the best processes and quickest strategies etc…

Tomorrow’s crew will Meet at Maldon at 8am or out on site from 8.15am (about 1.5kms on the Castlemaine side of Bendigo Rd Crossing).