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March 2005 Work Report
Work continues all across the Garfield Central this month!
We'll start with
a shot of the new mainline signals at the layout's extreme west end, which govern entry into and through
the west loop at Williamsport. These signals were built by John Molls and installed by Patrick
Reardon. In the below view, a CNW RS-1 is about to take the green-over-green indication and enter
the loop, while the dwarf signal shows red for movements exiting the Williamsport controlled siding
and yard lead:
New mainline signals governing movements at the layout's extreme west end
Next up are several shots of some of the new ground covering that is being installed all over the
layout by Bob Lindt, new member Tim Glascott, and others:
A Santa Fe freight pulls up alongside new ground covering (at left) at CA,
on the railroad's east end
The ground covering is being added to many locations that were previously lacking in this area, and
weeds of various sorts are also being "planted" on many of the sidings and spurs all across the
layout. The below image of a log rack on the new wood spur at Summit shows some of the
greenery that is now growing along the Garfield Central's right-of-way:
A log rack sits among the new weeds on the wood spur in Summit
Compare the above view of the grown-in wood spur with this one from
the March 2004 Work Report to get a sense of
what a difference the new ground cover makes.
Over on the west side of Summit, tracklaying is paused temporarily until additional turnout kits
are delivered. However, several of the paper mill spurs have now been installed, specifically the
two spurs that will service the log and pulp unloading area. In the below view, four boxcars from
the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic system have been temporarily stored on these two spurs:
MMA and SLC boxcars occupy the log unloading spurs at the site of the new paper mill in Summit
Finally, Summit is not the only location on the layout receiving new trackage.
Construction has started in Georgetown Yard for a new diesel backshop and machine shop at the yard's west
end. The backshop will contain one track inside, and another track will run alongside the building. In the
below view, ties have been laid, sanded and stained by Bob Lindt. Next will come track and then
the building:
The backshop contruction at Georgetown's west end
That's it for this month. Next time (April '05), we'll feature a few more recently-completed
projects, including the working crossing flashers and gates that are currently being installed in
Williamsport by Pat Reardon.
- J. A. Joyce
Georgetown Yardmaster
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