Hermanstad improvements September 2010 - 1

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John Ashworth
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Hermanstad improvements September 2010 - 1

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This weekend saw further trackwork taking place at Hermanstad. The level of
the track is being adjusted and the layers of rust knocked off prior to
painting with old motor oil
Photos by Nathan Berelowitz, September 2010
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In the second photo, That yellow and red apparatus on the side of each tracks. Are those Jacks.
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Correct. They use them to jack up the track panels which are all steel sleepered.
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