Ties
Weekly Update #8
3 June, 2004
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
As
of the 3rd of June, we have installed over 77,000 of the 182,000
ties scheduled to be installed by November 24th 2004. All crews, both contractor and company are
doing an excellent job and are ahead of schedule.
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As
of the 3rd of June, 160,000 ties have been delivered. Because of the shortage of gondolas we now
expect the delivery of ties to be completed by the end of July.
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Wes
Risseeuw’s DM&E east tie gang has completed tie installation between Lake
Preston and De Smet and after ballasting and surfacing; this section of track
will be raised to 30 MPH. We expect to be complete by the end of June. This
crew will now make the first pass tie installation from Volga to Lake Preston
and then will help with the siding construction.
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The
LA Colo tie gang has started at MP 180 and will continue toward Garvin with an
expected completion date of June 25th. They are currently at MP 191
near Springfield.
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All
ties are installed on the Owatonna sub and Foreman Steve Koser’s crew is now
installing ties in the Calmar area and then will install another 6,000 ties
west of Mason City prior to installing curve rail east of Mason City.
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The
DME West tie gang (Jim Nemec, foreman) continues to improve on their production
numbers and will be installing ties just south of Rapid City for the next
several weeks. Average weekly production for this crew of new hires is about
1000 per week.