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The old ties (some of which splintered and turned to dust in the grip of TKO machines and cranes) rot in a pile as the two tie-inserting TKO machines make their way down the track.
March 11, 1998 |
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A "street-sweeper" type of machine clears the track of debris.
March 11, 1998 |
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Crewmen remove more debris and place tie-plates along the tracks. The man on the far left is working on an electrical connection between two rails.
March 11, 1998 |
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A small "remote-control" machine grabs the railheads and pushes off the ground with hydraulics, allowing these workers to slip tie plates underneath the rail.
March 11, 1998 |
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With the spiker machines rattling away like machine-guns, but far behind the rest of the machines, one of the MOW workers walks back down the tracks to see what's holding them up.
March 11, 1998 |
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A couple of weeks after the tie replacement, a train came through dumping ballast on the track, forming a tall mound between the rails.
March 1998 |
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Later, some magic Leprechauns or trolls came along and tamped the track, giving it the nice clean-cut look you see here...
April 1998 |
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As a part of the whole Coast Line project, several grade crossings were to be replaced.
April 19, 1998 |
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One of many bundles of old Coast Line crossties with a metal strap around it, ready to go.
April 1998 |
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A small slide rests very close to the tracks inside of a cut in Cuesta Pass, near the north end of Serrano Siding.
April 25, 1998 |
