After the August operating session was held, Management realized that significant help would be required to move the railroad forward to be ready for the next session.
The South end staging yard needed to be marked out for track centerlines, a crossover needed to be installed at Doswell (I had left it out of my initial plan. Turns out there was a good reason it was there in real life), and track needed to be laid from the south end of Acca, towards staging.
An interpid crew of workers attended a Saturday session and much progress was made!
Here at Doswell, track had to be removed, roadbed added, sanded flat, and the crossover (a #10, built via my fast tracks tooling) installed. After the crossover was spiked down, tortoise switch machines needed to be installed, and the flex track reconnected. After all that, wiring changes would need to be made the DCC feeds.
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| John and Bill tackle the crossover install at South Doswell |
John and Bill were able to get mostly through this list of work, which is a testament to their skills.
The master of geometry, Dick, led Mike B in getting the centerlines laid out in the staging yard.
And the final crew of Tom and Mike P worked to get track laid from Acca heading south.
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| Note Mike mugging for the camera and everybody else working. |
More pictures in the gallery here: richmond-terminal.org
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