It started out cold, however it turned into a glorious day.
We managed to install another 26 sleepers into 3 road, all tamped and boxed up etc.. while a further 4 were installed into 4 road, but finishing off them will be a Thursday Job.
We spent quite a lot of time replacing sleepers at the point rodding, this was a fairly slow and delicate process so as not to damage any rodding or wires – we managed to get all replaced without incident! However we did spend a fair amount of that time pinning things out of the way.
A box up and a few runs with the wire brush to expose the fastenings and it’s come up looking pretty ok – certainly better than before. A pass or 2 with the blower Thursday and it’ll come up looking very nice.
Thursday’s gang will focus on 4 road, which should easily be knocked over. Meeting at the depot at 8am or out by the station from 8.15am.
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Great work as usual. Is there a reason you’re using timber sleepers in the platform road rather than concrete?
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Thankd Simon. The primary reason is that the ballast is so badly fouled through the platform, that putting in concrete is very likely to result in a lot of mud holes and very poorly supported sleepers. The timber is a lot more forgiving. It’s on the radar to correct but certainly a much lower priority than getting the rest of the track concreted.
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