On Saturday, February 24, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Kendall Crouch, Bruce Davis, Chris Pollard, Dannis Hudson and Paul Brown got busy to finish work on a new driveway/crossing across our shop lead tracks. We had to cut some sections of rail to act as flange-ways, and place recycled crushed concrete for the drive surface. While part of the group was finishing up this work, Bruce and Kendall decided to clean up some weeds, which is a great help as this is a major issue on the Museum grounds, and all of the volunteers got in on the work before breaking for lunch.
After lunch, the crew headed out to do cleanup at our two grade crossings. We cleaned the rocks and debris that collected in the flange-ways and at the end of the crossing. We also checked the gauge of the track through the crossing to make sure we don’t have a major problem brewing. The crew checked out some other track and drove in a few spikes that always work loose. After this work, we finished up our day and headed home.
I have included a few pictures of the work done today.
– Paul
Photos by Paul Brown and Kendall Crouch
