We had quite a different pace today. The main focus was finishing off and tidying up a very large mess around the Yard, especially in relation to the point rodding, which had been partly disassembled some time ago for a communication conduit and then just left for someone else to tidy up, anyhow the someone else’s stepped up to the mark today and returned everything to how it should be, it does actually make the area look quite a bit neater too.
We’ve prepared the next section of 3 road for resleepering later in the week, by unspiking the required sleepers, removing plates etc.. there’s been a bit of a hold up getting the Takeuchi going again, so we may not have that until later on Thursday, however we can start making a mess with the big digger if need be.
One job we’ve been putting off until we had an opportunity like this was to bring down the water cranes, for the purpose of a heavy clean and repaint. We had enough time this arvo to do that so we did! They’re actually quite light things, but awkward, anyhow it’s down and up by the compressed air and water in the depot for the crew to begin the task of re-painting. We look forward to putting a nice shiny one back up! These column were only installed about 20 years, as part of the nearby mainline upgrades, so the bolts etc… were very easy to undo, the recent oiling also helped.
Thursday’s gang will meet at the depot at 8am then out by the platform thereafter.
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