We’ll be holding a workday at Castlemaine this Saturday (28th) to move rail, continue cleaning up the site and start work on 5 SIDING!

9.00am start at the carriage shed at Castlemaine, no need to confirm you’re attending, but feel free to ring Will on 0438 037 346 if you have any questions or queries. 

What to bring: steel capped work boots, food, drink, appropriate work clothing and sun protection. 

We’ve been back over helping our friends at Daylesford.

This time just a bit of turnout tamping and ballast spreading, to finish off the old Ballarat Line.

We’re back there tomorrow to help again, at which point hopefully all the works associated with the new bridge will be completed.

We’ve spent today plating the down end 1/2rd turnout at Muckleford.

Previously the rails were fastened directly to the sleepers, however with the number of trains we now run, we’ve been finding that the curve leg was starting to ‘work’ and the spikes loosen.

To remedy this we’ve used sleeper plates to provide much better lateral support for the rails and also to greatly improve the life of the timber.

One of today’s jobs was to replace one of the tired Crossing Signs at Bendigo Road.