Top Of The Mountain Siding - Official Work Thread

[Ed Lecuyer]

More progress today:

[Jason M Lamontagne]

Thank you Ed!

Today's crew, Fred, Phil, Stewart and myself set final point alignment and closure curve, and spiked the entire switch- except for 1 spoke as we literally ran out.  I think Fred drove most (98%?) of the spikes... 

All it needs is throw bar, stand and guard rails.  We plan to start the stub switch Monday.

See ya
Jason

[Philip Marshall]

Wow -- the switch looks great!

[Stephen Piwowarski]

That is one fine looking switch! If we were to have a track laying race... I'd want Fred spiking on my team!  In all seriousness, very nice work to the weekday crew!

Steve

[Wayne Laepple]

Wow, great work, guys! I am really impressed that you knocked this out in three days with such a small crew! Well done!

[Fred Morse]

I think my complaining made Jason think I did more than I did.

[Jason M Lamontagne]

Maybe- I dunno, I didn't count...

Anyway, Fred's in the picture for scale- to prove its two foot gauge.  Stewarts in there to prove its in Maine.

[Mike Fox]

Nice work guys.

[James Patten]

Did you ever get Phil's last name?

[Bill Sample]

Great progress - this will give us a jump-start for the Fall Work Weekend!

[James Patten]

I'm thinking we can have competing track laying crews!  Whoever finishes first gets to rub it in to the other team.

[Stephen Piwowarski]

...or help the other team finish!

[Dwight Winkley]

Most likely the main line will be built first. The side track will than be built while the north switch for the main line is unloaded from the flat car.
dwight

[Brendan Barry]

Jason's pictures of the south switch of the runaround.






Stub switch for the north end of the runaround being built on flatcar 118 at Sheepscot.

[Keith Taylor]

The first photo shows the switch installed backwards. The operating handle should be on the outside of the track.
The way it is set up the operator has to stand on the ties to throw the switch and he/she is in between the switch stand and the track. If he/she were to trip and fall, they would land on the track or switch stand and possibly be seriously hurt.

Keith