In late May of this year, I started repairing the railroad track, I knew we had had some trouble from the Polar Bear Express in December of 2007, so I started near the tunnel and moved in the direction of normal route. I replaced 20 ties, moved past the station and found before the crossing (Ithaca Rd) that I had to replace 30-40 ties! I moved past the crossing towards the trestle and found that some of trestle's large timbers were in need of total replacement. After cleaning the brush away, I replaced two horizontal timbers and one vertical timber then leveled out the top timbers and replaced all ties. I painted the entire trestle one Saturday (with Michelle's help!) and kept moving forward. Now I am at the Main St. Crossing. I have replaced 423 ties and spread 44 tons of # 2 stone. I repaired, painted, and placed two railroad crossing sings and two whistle signs for the Main St. crossing. When I started I wanted to be able to run the train for Methodist Church preschool and St. Mary Our Mother's in late June, by the end of this week we will be able run a complete circle. I do not think that the track has been ever rebuilt as much as it has been this year. I would also like to thank Kevin for his assistance. I am not done, but will finish this season.
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