On Saturday, March 8, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Chris Pollard, Bruce Davis, Kendall Crouch, Dannis Hudson and Paul Brown practiced their steel driving skills by spiking down two lengths of rail that were laid out during last week’s work session. Everybody took a turn or two driving the spikes home, and found out what a good oak tie can do to your arms! There was one in the mix that was like driving into concrete! This worked burned up the morning, and all took a well deserved lunch break!

After lunch, the crew worked to get some material under the ties for a sub roadbed and then cleaned up tools. We then did a bit of searching for parts for a 90# switch, and checking on some other parts for future track laying in our yard. During our search, we found a section of 141 lb/yd rail that we will set up as a display to compare this big mainline iron compared to the older 85# and 90# rail we use at the Museum.

Here are some pictures of today’s action at the Pueblo Railway Museum.

– Paul