On Saturday, April 18, volunteers Dwight, Colin, Bruce, Kendall, Ben, Jerod, Dannis, Nick and Paul got down to business doing tie replacement on our main running track in the area where we had our minor derailment a couple weeks back. The old ties had done their duty and gave up, so we had to get some solid wood back under the rails. Once all the tools were rounded up, we headed out to the mainline where picks and shovels started flying! Three ties were replaced before lunch.

After the lunch break, the gang threw some ballast in place, and worked on getting tie plates secured on some of the remaining ties. We then surveyed the track to plan for next week’s work day, when we are planning to replace 4 more ties. During the day, we were able to see a few trains roll by on the BNSF main, and even caught a couple pieces of track repair equipment that the gang would have loved to have borrowed for the day! You never know what you might see while working hard at the Pueblo Railway Museum!

I have included a few pictures showing the work being done.

– Paul

Photos by Paul and Bruce