Concrete Sleepers

We ended up having a very productive week on the concrete sleepers front, with 262 sleepers installed.

We’ve used some low profiles near the crossing as it’ll likely be the last thing we relay in concrete given how recently it was renewed (2017) and the ramping is much easier with these.

Everything was going very well… until it wasn’t!

The little digger developed an issue in a very awkward location, so a bit of bush mechanics later… it’s now more accessible but also more vulnerable, but inside an hour, we were back in action.

The big digger did substitute for a while, however it’s strengths don’t lie in the delicate work, but it kept us going.

Once back in action, the little one was back in full swing, we’ve even perfected the clipping up fadtclips using the grabs, so we’re quite happy about that, saves lots of backbreaking effort.

The well wagons were cleared of their loading and debris and reloaded with reclaimed timber sleepers from the week.

Tamping and cleaning followed, with the end resulting looking quite respectable.

In other news, Maldon station has seen a bit of a change, with a Bills Trough installed out the front to give the area a nice historic touch.

I would highly recommend googling ‘Bills Troughs’ it’s quite an interesting story and this is one of Maldon’s originals, so it’s nice that the Maldon Heritage Network have decided to have it on display at our Heritage station.

Next week will be more sleepers, Monday’s crew will meet at Maldon at 8am before heading out to Muckleford.