04/30 Niles Canyon Railway Track Crew

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The tamper leaving the yard. The tamper forces ballast under the newly placed tie.

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The Burro.

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Gerald Dewitt and compatriots helping with a boiler retube on #3. I think Gerald is hand-fitting a newly-machined part.

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A close up of SP 5623. I've always liked the "Radio Equipped" bit.

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Two beautiful SP diesel-electric locomotives painted in the Black Widow scheme.

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A view from the front of the work train. The deck is part of the bridge over the roadway, Highway 84, below.

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We spent most of the time at this site, where we replaced a majority of the thirty ties replaced that day. A retaining wall about 25 feet high keeps the track bed above the roadway below--a nice distance to fall!

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Here we are at mile post 32, loading away the tools after replacing ten ties at the site.

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