"We've Been Working on the Railroad"

- 2011 Photos -

Track crew preparing to level, tamp, and dress our siding (at left)

in Byesville. Crew is turning the Kershaw ballast regulator on the

main line, January 2011.

Turning the Kershaw ballast regulator.

Setting the regulator down on the rails. This machine "dresses" the

track by contouring and sweeping the ballast.

Tamping machine- this machine tamps the ballast under the ties.

Tamping the ballast is done to prevent settling of the track and

to help keep the rails level.

Hy-rail dump truck starting to apply ballast on our Byesville siding.

New, clean ballast provides good drainage, prolonging the life of

the ties.

Hy-rail dump truck making its way along our Byesville siding.

Kershaw regulator about to make its first pass.

View of our siding, track work well under way.

Byesville siding, track renovation nearing completion.

Our Byesville siding, after renovation, January 2011.

The curve at "C&M crossing" (north of Pleasant City) looking north,

after track has been tamped and aligned and fresh ballast has been

spread, January 2011. Below is how this curve appeared in 2004.

The curve at C&M Crossing as it appeared in 2004.  The rails and

ties in the foreground are actually suspended in mid-air.  The powerful

flood waters of the 1998 "Flood of the Century" swept the ballast

out from under the tracks in many areas along this line.

The curve at "C&M crossing" looking west. State Route 821

(old US 21) is in the distance.  January 2011.

Another view at C&M Crossing looking west.  From here, the tracks

are that of  the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's "Eastern Ohio

Branch" to Cumberland, Oh.

Close-up view of the track renovations at C&M Crossing.

Cumberland, Oh is eight miles to the west of here.

Check back soon to see our progress towards Cumberland!

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