Ties
Weekly Update #12
1 July, 2004
CONTINUING EXCELLENT PRODUCTION
As
of the 1st of July, we have installed over 120,000 of the 206,000 ties
now scheduled to be installed by November 24th 2004. All crews, both contractor and company, are
doing an excellent job and are ahead of schedule and should be commended by all
who see them.
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As
of the 1st Of July, 190,000 ties have been delivered. 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 been putting in ties on the CWR project
areas to break up bad tie clusters.
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The
LA Colo tie gang started at MP 180 and installed ties on the Tracy and Huron
subs to Garvin MN This section was
completed on the 29th of June.
They will return to the area in September to complete tie installation
between Garvin and the SD state line.
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Foreman
Steve Koser’s crew has been working west of Mason City installing joint ties
for the past couple weeks and will complete this 6,000 tie project by the
middle of the month. They will be then
converted to a CWR crew to install CWR on the IC&E’s curve patch program
for the remainder of the year.
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Jim
Nemec’s west tie gang continues to surprise all of us with their increasing tie
production and quality of their work.
They are finishing an 8,000 tie project just south of Rapid City and
will be heading to Dakota Jct very shortly to continue this year’s projects.