SBJULES
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2012-01-21 09:49 AM |
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Awesome pictures. A couple look like rube goldberg contraptions.
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COMMENT 250536
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2012-01-21 09:49 AM |
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Wow.... great story explaining what is involved and terrific pics showing how. Kudos.
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SEEDLADY
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2012-01-21 09:54 AM |
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nice photo stream--well done.
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COMMENT 250567
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2012-01-21 10:42 AM |
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Interesting. Do you know what the white square things with the little holes on the end of the ties are about? (See first pic.) And the photos were great!
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COMMENT 250579
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2012-01-21 11:21 AM |
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Thanks for doing a follow~up on the article posted several days ago. Looks like you used a better camera for these pix~ nice. Looks like the same crew doing the work.
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COMMENT 250580P
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2012-01-21 11:23 AM |
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WOW -- always wondered how they did that. Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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AQUAHOLIC
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2012-01-21 12:12 PM |
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Yes, great story and photo stream....very nicely done, thank you!
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COMMENT 250679P
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2012-01-21 04:38 PM |
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The plates on the tie ends keep them from splitting. The holes are actually little triangular flaps of sheet metal that are bent and pressed into the wood, which holds the tie end together and attaches the plate to the wood. (So I believe.)
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COMMENT 250715
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2012-01-22 07:21 AM |
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Wow! Interesting! How cool is that?
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COMMENT 250732
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2012-01-22 08:39 AM |
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Very cool. Does anyone know what they do with the old wood?
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COMMENT 250790
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2012-01-22 11:46 AM |
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Thank you for this great "documentary in pictures". Loved them and now know more about the tracks that I've ever known before. As a docent on Amtrak, I loved this and will add this to my "script" for future trips.
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COMMENT 250991
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2012-01-23 01:54 PM |
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I assume the 49,000 ties are covering the entire length of the job from Los Caneros Road in Goleta to Moorpark or 65 miles which works out to 754 ties per mile on the average before taking sidings in to account and several areas in Ventura County that were completely rebuilt after the La Conchita slide & floods. The railroad uses 3200 ties per mile with an average life in our area of 25-30 years. Under normal conditions, the railroad comes through every 10 years and replaces a 1/3 of the ties. The stretch they are working on was done in 1999, Moorpark to Seacliff as hit lightly in Janaury 2005 and last year Camarillo to Moorpark had trouble spots hit. All grade crossings that have ballast [rock] piled next to them will be pulled and surfaced [ballast tamped under the ties] and some will have new track panels [rail and ties] installed in them before the concrete pads [public road surface] are put back.
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