Maldon Yard

The last of the turnout came together very easily this morning, marking a good milestone in the project.

It looks quite at home now. There’s still plenty to do, however once it’s connected back up to the regular track early next week we’ll be able to ballast, tamp and fit up the necessary bits and bobs (we didn’t fit the point lever yet… so you’ll have to check back next week to see how we go there).

One of main issues with lifting the rail height a bit was that the gates were never going to clear the rail, so instead of waiting for that to be dealt with at 5pm one afternoon when we just wanted to lock up and go home, we’ve got ahead of the fame and lifted the gates, temporary made to full depth with some concrete sleepers.

We’ve still got plenty to do next week, the crossing needs to be excavated and relaid to the new alignment, we need to get the headshunt, or at least part of it, functional and we’ve got a mountain of cleaning up to do!

Talking of cleaning up, we’ve had Bill out sitting on the ride on mower around Castlemaine tackling what he can, it looks a million dollars and makes a massive difference. 

Tuesday’s gang will be back up at Maldon from 8am