🛠️ NOV 7-13 Work Week

Sunday: The tunnel crew at the Bovine Tunnel

The club’s first Work Week ran from Saturday, November 7, through Friday, November 13. Great progress on the week’s goals: 4,550 ties installed, single-tracking the Bovine Tunnel, new ties past the Midway spur all the way to the old high bridge.

Thursday ended with UP Challenger 3976 and NYC 8000 under steam together as a double-header.

See the video below about replacing tired wood ties with new plastic ties.

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Saturday: Stacks of new ties ready for the work week

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Saturday: Lunch at the picnic tables

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Saturday: Our crack track team assembling new track in place

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Saturday: Bill and his crew fastening rail to new ties in the track jigs

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Saturday: The track gang laying new track

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Saturday: Brooke and Sierra tightening bolts on the trestle

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Saturday: Pulling old rail out of the tunnel

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Sunday: Laying new track inside the tunnel

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Sunday: Bruce delivering ballast to the new track

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Monday: Shawn tamping the new tracks

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Monday: Relaxed posture for screwing tracks to ties

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Monday: Luigi removing wooden ties

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Monday: Finishing the track in the tunnel

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Tuesday: Two visitors checking on the work

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Tuesday: New track, ballasted

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Wednesday: More ballasting

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Wednesday: Ballast at the exit from the Bovine Tunnel

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Thursday: New track by the Alpine bridge

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Thursday: NYC 8000 and UP 3976 steaming up

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Thursday: Lunch in the clubhouse

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Thursday: Fall color over the picnic area

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Thursday: Dee and Matt on a speeder ride

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Thursday: Luigi warming up the Challenger to use as the Quality Control test rig

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Thursday: The Challenger on the turntable

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Thursday: UP Challenger 3976 leading the double-header

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Track was installed almost this fast