An excellent day was had today, with an additional 149 concrete sleepers installed into Tangent 20-21.
Tuesday’s crew did do the preparation of unspiking 1 in 4, removing anchors etc… however the bulk of the work occurred today and at a great pace.
We have learnt the process is much quicker if the area that was ramped previously has all the spikes removed, as these don’t have much room below the sleepers for knocking off.
It was all pretty regular and normal, nothing new or exciting, however it did seem to flow very well.
A quick spray with soluble oil really does make all the difference.
By close of play today, it was all clipped up, lined and looking very smart.
It may seem a bit hard to tell from the pics. However, before it was a very rough, tired, and in all honesty pretty poor section of track, while the resleepered bit looks leaps and bounds better and has an amazingly better line and top, even without us running through with the jacks yet.
Tomorrow’s crew will meet at Maldon at 7.45am, then out to site to jack, pack and tidy up, before we head into Maldon to Ballast the new turnout!
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