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Work Session April 28, 2018
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Recap Mike and I outlined the time line of events on engine 106 movement in and out of the car knocker shed. The first log truck in front of 106 has already been moved, which means that once the 2nd one has been moved, I am ready to immediately start reconstructing the track in front of 106. I plan on removing all rails, digging down about 8-10 inches with the tractor on several passes, then places down new ties and relaying the track. I will start on that as soon as we can get the 2nd log truck moved from the track. Mike and I also outlined that when we move 106, we will place about a dozen gauge bars on the tracks to prevent the rails from pushing out of gauge and having 106 drop onto dirt. This alleviated Mike's concern that when we would move 106, we would be dragging the wheels on dirt with nothing holding the rails in gauge.
Track Work George and I dumped one load of large gravel rock in the gap on the washout on the loop near the front entrance. We also repositioned the cross tie acting as a buffer dam in front of the gravel to prevent further washout. I will inspect the washout again at the Board Meeting to see how it's holding up.
The next area we worked on (since we did not have enough personnel to work on moving the log truck from in front of 106) was continued maintenance and track rehab on the wye leading from the engine to the MoPac junction. The vegetation was extraordinarily heavy, so we cleared it with shovels, rakes, and the heftiest weed eater blade we could get out hands on. When then placed a mixture of dirt, small rack, and large rock to prevent further vegetation. I do not envision us digging up this track and relaying new ties in the near future, so this will eliminate the need to continually cut grass each time we take a car out to continue track work further down the line.
During and after photos are attached. Goal of these efforts are to bring this section of track back to active use so that 2 folks (such as George and myself) can access all track areas with a motor car, making maintenance easier.
-Tucker Baker
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