Some photos from Fall Work Weekend day 1 -- Friday, October 11th:
At the north end of the rail train, a bundle of 14 ties are laid out after delivery from gantry car 126.
An east rail is lifted off car 34 for placement north of the train.
A new east rail is bolted to the prior rail by James and Jason as the gantry helps hold the rail in place.
Some of James and Jason's handiwork.
A tremendous effort by our spikers today. As the ties and rails were placed north of the train, our spikers closed much of the gap on the new track south of the train.
A view from Trout Brook bridge as the last bundle of ties were placed this afternoon. That milepost 8 sign sure looks nice after sitting in the bay window of the Percival house for the past few years.
The last rail of the day is placed.
A group photo of most of our intrepid tie and rail crew.
And here's most of today's hard-working spiking crew. All the track in the photo and beyond was spiked today.
At the very end of the day, here's car 34 loaded with rail at end of track for tomorrow morning's work. Some of this rail will be placed on Trout Brook bridge in the morning.
And we will be running Pumpkin Trains in conjunction with SeaLyon Farm tomorrow and Sunday. Somebody printed up a couple of these nice timetable posters for Top of the Mountain for the return trip back to Sheepscot.
