Today saw the start of work for the relay of 4 Rd Maldon.

We’ll be using 60lb rail released from the rerailing works in long lengths to save time, effort and to replace the very poor rail removed from 4 Rd.

Our new grab proved extremely successful in laying out all the sleepers for the job.

Yesterday saw us pull up a section of 4 road for lowering around the good shed platform.

This is to allow the carriage crew to work have more working space.

Yesterday was also the first day that we got to play with our new Grab for the excavator!

1 day in and its revolutionised the way we operate on the track gang!

A bit more cleanup at Castlemaine was undertaken yesterday.

Our efforts were focussed on the northern end of the yard, lifting the old double compound in what was 4 siding and cleaning up all the loose rails.

We’ve nearly stacked all the material that was in the foreground to over onto where 2rd used to be.

Today was a bit of an odd jobs day, firstly we prepared the sleeper plates for the Muckleford UP end 1/2 Rd turnout (the same as we did last week for the down end).

That job will be tackled over the next few weeks.

We also prepared trucks for the workday at Castlemaine tomorrow (9.00 am start at the big red shed if your interested) and did some tamping of dipped joints in the Muckleford – Castlemaine section.