Sawmill Rd

In anticipation of renewing Sawmill Road crossing in a fortnight, we’ve made a start on the other work that needs to occur there.

Mainly removing as much of the remaining 60lb rail as possible, ahead of time to reduce the workload next week.

We’ve replaced 37m of 60lb rail with 94lb, as the down side and through the crossing will be 94lb, transitioning back to 80lb just past the crossing, using some welded junction rails, the installation of those rails will occur on Thursday / Friday this week, with temporary small transition back to 60lb for the current crossing, to get us through until rebuild day.

It looks almost no different. However, the rails are a bit taller and straighter.

The UP side hasn’t received any attention yet, which will be our focus later this week. We’ll then, if time permits, replace as many failed sleepers as possible ahead of time, to reduce the work on rebuild day.

In exciting news, the yellow truck has a windscreen again, big shout out to Windscreen City in Bendigo for their speedy service with this one.

Thursday’s crew meeting Maldon 8am or Sawmill Rd from 8.45am