Some photos from today (Friday, October 10th).
The day started in the 20s. Earlier this week, the temperature had hit 80 degrees.
A view early in the day showing the cleaned and regraded right-of-way.
The following views will be familiar to folks who followed the Mountain Extension construction a few years ago -- the same sequence of steps were used today to rebuild the track south of Humason. Unloading a tie bundle from the gantry train:
...and placing the ties out on the ROW.
Next comes an east rail...
...followed by a west rail...
...and the installation of "instatrack" temporary gauging blocks to hold the gauge as the rail gantry train advanced northward.
The last rails reached Humason Brook trestle during lunchtime.
The afternoon was spent spiking the relaid track.
At the end of today, about 100 feet of track remained to be spiked. That work is planned tomorrow, along with ballasting.
