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Every year, the B&W crew undertakes a project of maintaining our line. This
includes the inspection of rail and ties. Previous to this year, the maximum
number of ties that we had to replace was 70. This year, we outdid ourselves
and replaced 218 ties!
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We started this project at the end of May and finished on July 17. Crew size
ranged from 2 members to a high of 12, which occurred on July 17. A number of
other records were achieved during this process:
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- A two-man crew was able to replace 15 ties in 2 hours. |
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- A five-man crew replaced 36 ties in 4 hours |
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- On July 17th, the 12 member crew replaced 46 ties, 5 of which were switch ties |
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We were fortunate to obtain a large quantity of ties from several resources:
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- Ties were acquired from a derailment on the NS Buffalo line in Emporium, PA |
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- Donation of 400 standard length ties from the Tie Yard of Omaha, who was
running a salvage yard in Williamsport, PA. The ties that were donated came
from Amtrak and New Jersey Transit.
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