On Saturday, March 14, volunteers Dwight, Bruce, Chris, Ben, Kendall, Jerod, Dannis, Scott and Paul got busy fixing some track. We spent the morning replacing two ties in the sharp curve leading into the shop area. We picked a couple of bad ties in the area where we experienced a slight derailment last week, and replaced them with solid pieces from our stockpile. Replacing ties is one of our crew’s favorite activities because everyone gets a chance to drive spikes!

This work took us up to lunch time, and a short but well deserved break. After lunch, we elected to replace one more tie that had a broken end. We were able to get the work done and tools and equipment put away before the wind really started blowing.

I have included a few photos of today’s activity. You may spot a couple of us breaking a sweat!

– Paul