Rail Weekly Update #30

11 November 2004

 

 

 

CWR PROJECTS OVER 95% COMPLETED!!!!

 

 

As of November 11 we have installed just over 95 of the roughly 97 track miles to be completed by November 19th. 

Steve Koser’s crew has laid rail on several curves and will continue this project until mid December on the Kansas City sub.  They are currently just south of Ottumwa and will continue working southward with a completion date of December 12.

Surfacing continues on the last two CWR locations and we expect both of those to be completed by the end of this week or middle of next week.  These areas, one on the IC&E near Calmar IA, and one on the DM&E near Tyler MN, will be raised to 40 MPH upon final completion of the surfacing.

On the DM&E, the final surfacing on the Florence connection will be completed tomorrow, Friday the 12th, and the connection will be “officially” open for service at that time.

 

¨       Chad Roob’s switch & crossing gang is installing the Tracy cross overs this week and will then install a new switch and track for Barti Metal at Huron to conclude their year.

¨       Rik Hanson has been supervising the installation of four switches and the building of several hundred feet of connecting track at Colony WY.  This project is expected to be completed shortly after Thanksgiving and will provide a much higher degree of reliability for the Colony area.

¨       Bledsoe Rail Service is doing the closure welds on the DM&E projects.

¨       Railtech crews are doing the closure welds on the IC&E.