May 11th, 2021

Test Running #7 and Tie Work

Tuesday, May 11:  Bob and I went out to the trestle to finish up.  I found another bad tie that wouldn’t hold tie spikes the day before so I put one of my spares in and attached it to the stringers.  We than work on putting the bolts in that held the 2x4 guards to the end of the ties.  (we took those out to ease the 2x4 enough to put the ties in)  We also had to loosen the track screws (spikes) near where we tried to insert a tie as the new ties were full of moister and swelled compared to the dry ones on the trestle.  The trestle is 21 years old and has held up fairly well.  Anyhow, when I went to tighten up the loose screws (spikes) I found another tie that wouldn’t hold the spikes.  Out it came along with the bolts for the guard rail before my last spare went in.  It got reattached and finally, I put in new spikes for the rail.  The trestle was ready for a test train.

Adam Wright came over to fire up 7 to play around with her as we took the air compressor off of #10 and used it on #7.
Some shots of Adam and #7 on the trestle  and #7 at Phelps, with a close up of the new plumbing that Adam and I did. 
- - Tom

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