Rail
Weekly Update #21
9
September 2004
IC&E CWR PROJECTS MAKING
GOOD PROGRESS
As of September 9 we have installed just over 88 of the roughly 97 track miles to be completed by November 19th. It appears we will meet or beat this schedule. The LA Colo crew began installing CWR on the IC&E near Calmar, Iowa in early August and we expect them to complete that 15 track mile area by early September. The IC&E CWR crew, under foreman Steve Koser’s guidance, also began installing about 9 track miles of CWR on curves across the entire IC&E system this week and will install rail through the end of the year. Mr. Koser’s crew has completed the Mason City sub portion of the curve project and the Marquette sub portion two weeks ago, the Chicago sub late last week and will be on the River sub for most of September. The Koser crew is nearly ½ done with their portion of the 2004 CWR project.
¨ All tie, crossing, and
bridgework is complete on the first stretch of CWR between Sleepy Eye and
Springfield. Final surfacing will be
coordinated with the completion of the Cobden siding, which is expected to be
completed by the second full week of September
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Chad
Roob’s crossing gang has completed all of the paved crossings on the second
stretch of CWR on the DM&E, and will now assist with other projects
including the Florence siding
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Mike
Anderson is overseeing the material recovery effort as we continue to use
several cranes to clean up the OTM and scrap rail in the last stretch of CWR on
the DM&E between Garvin and Verdi.
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Welding
crews continue to make closure welds and welds in switches on the DM&E and
expect to have all welding done by mid-October
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Welding
crews are making all of the closure welds and the welds in all of the switches
and should complete all of the welding on the Calmar project within a week
after the completion of the CWR laying
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Randy
Parmenter’s crossing gang has been extremely busy installing crossings in the
Calmar CWR area in preparation for the completion of the entire project. Remington Hill’s surfacing crew has been
assisting this effort
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The
clean up effort on the Calmar CWR is just beginning and will be completed in
front of the final surfacing