It was a long, hard day’s work today. However, all the remaining sleepers on Winters Flat Bridge have been drilled and spiked. Believe it or not, this took almost all day.
There was a fair time this afternoon however, when we couldn’t effectively use any more than 2 people at a time on the bridge, so we dropped out and subsequently inserted all the sleeper plates in the section off the bridge, which is approximately the length of the bridge also by coincidence.
We did have a logistical error in the location of the gang truck and more importantly the chairs for the meal breaks today…. this resulted in some interesting alternatives being devised by the crew!
A keen eye might even note that the Takeuchi excavator is back in action, the part has been repaired and refitted, and it’s back behaving as it should! For how long is anyone’s guess, but we’ll give it a good test this week as we have sleeper changes and tamping to complete.
Tomorrow’s gang will meet out on site from around 8.30am, where we’ll have a bit of a change of pace and break up as much of the 60lb as we can as there isn’t really anywhere appropriate to stockpile long lengths near the bridge.
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