Surfacing
Monthly Update
26,
March 2007
2008 TO BE ANOTHER BIG YEAR FOR SURFACING
CREWS ON THE TWO RAILROADS. NEARLY 1,000
MILES OF TRACK TO BE SURFACED USING OVER 200,000 TONS OF BALLAST!!
The Surfacing crews on the
DM&E and IC&E Railroads will have another busy year in 2008 as we have
scheduled nearly 800 miles of surfacing and over 150,000 tons of ballast for
the year. We have currently scheduled
one contracting crew to supplement our own forces with the projected needs. Details of the crews are listed below.
¨ The DM&E is scheduled to
operate four Company surfacing crews in 2008 to perform the needed surfacing. These crews will be under foremen Bob Tech, Jared
Hook, Mike Kellar and Kent Maxon.
Surfacing will begin in late March and continue through Thanksgiving, weather
permitting.
¨ The IC&E Railroad will
have three permanent IC&E crews and one seasonal crew to do the surfacing
behind the tie and steel projects as well as the annual maintenance surfacing
needs. Foremen will be Mike Cherne, Dave Kleinow, and
Remington Hill.
¨ All of these crews will have
¨ A contracting crew American
Railroad Builders, from Northwood
¨ All ballast will again be
supplied by Pete Lien, LG Everist and New Ulm Quartsite Quarry in 2008.