Hermanstad improvements August 2010 - 4

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Hermanstad improvements August 2010 - 4

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Photos and captions by Nathan Berelowitz, August 2010
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Early one Sunday morning, the men are at work digging, replacing and packing ballast to get the point and track work ready for the busy season of FOTR lying ahead.
Early one Sunday morning, the men are at work digging, replacing and packing ballast to get the point and track work ready for the busy season of FOTR lying ahead.
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Two of the sleepers painted up with old motor car oil and replaced
Two of the sleepers painted up with old motor car oil and replaced
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Jacking up the track. This is being done to raise the track level slightly due to poor drainage during rainy season. Many rotten sleepers were eventually replaced.
Jacking up the track. This is being done to raise the track level slightly due to poor drainage during rainy season. Many rotten sleepers were eventually replaced.
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Re: Hermanstad improvements August 2010 - 4

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Just looking at these photos and seeing how much effort, noise and tool requirements are needed to work with sleepers, makes you think how much of this type of equipment and manpower is needed to remove sleepers illegaly for other purposes than railway lines. A-LA Cullinan sleeper theft so professionally done!!
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