These
pictures are taken in front of the station of the WMSR Track Department
replacing the wooden railroad ties under the crossover switches.
Railroad ties need to be replaced every 30-40 years and that is what
happened
here. Safety is of the utmost importance and therefore, in order to
ensure that WMSR passengers are safe in their coaches, we replaced the
railroad ties this week.
In order to remove the 22
foot to 28 foot long railroad ties, the rail needed to be lifted and
removed as the concrete platform is on both sides of the tracks. This
is a tremendous job as WMSR does not have the
modern tools to replace railroad ties. WMSR is a heritage railroad and
although we do use some modern techniques, our track department relies
the heritage human factor of performing track work by hand.
Josh Nixon, operator of the tie handler, Track Foreman
Steve Cooper, Trackman, Level 1
Nate Bundy, Trackman, Level 1
Bobby Bittinger, Trackman, Level 1
This project took 5 days to complete, Monday through Friday.
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