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Work Session July 25, 2020
To join the fun, contact the railroad at: WorkSession @ RedRiverAndGulf.net (no spaces)
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Team: David Hearne Jason Rose
Accomplishments:
- Finished grading and laying
ties between Machine Shop and Engine House During the previous Work Session, ties and rails were laid for the replacement track in the Machine Shop. This left the job of spiking and ballasting and we got right to it. By 4:30 we completed this task and replaced an additional tie in front of 202 that had turned to mulch.
For about half an hour, Stephen
Kimball and his sons Matthew & Ben, joined us in hammering down spikes.
It's always encouraging to see new faces join the team. Sunday - July 26 We started Sunday morning by spiking the final tie from Saturday (in front of 202). The remainder of the morning was spent grading the road bed and laying ties to the Engine House. We wrapped that up around noon. It's now ready for rails, spiking, and ballast.
This was a very productive weekend, despite the sweltering heat. At this rate, Track #1 will be completely serviceable from the switch to the back of the Machine Shop after another weekend (or two)!
-Jason Rose |
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Hurricane Hannah brought some much needed rain to Texas and a pretty neat rainbow near Leesville, LA
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Everett cleans and sharpens spikes
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Tucker is joined by new volunteers Stephen Kimball and his sons Matthew & Ben. The boys got to learn just how hard it is to pound spikes into ties.
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Spiking complete
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It was hot. And, that's a massive understatement.
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With spiking done, Dave starts clearing out the next section.
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Tucker takes a turn
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Next up was ballasting
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Dumping dirt
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We found a tie that had turned into mulch between the new track and 202. So, we pulled it out and put in a new one.
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Done for the day. Not bad.
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Sunday morning we finished spiking the new tie in front of 202
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Done!
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It was decided to use the remainder of the day laying ties in the final section to the Engine House
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Mike inspects the on-going work
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Tucker smoothes out the base for the ties
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Done!
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Tucker - Mike - Everett
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Tucker - Jason - Everett
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Finishing this task was a great way to cap off the weekend.
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This is our new Southern Pacific A5 motor car. It will be restored as Claiborne & Polk M8.
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Claiborne & Polk M8 This is what we're striving for.
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