Many different disciplines are required to prepare for the Museum’s operating season. After a winter shutdown, there is a certain amount of work re-activating the locomotives and coaches, but the…
The grade immediate below the track structure is called the subgrade. It was disturbed by an excavator during a recent construction project conducted adjacent to the track. Good track is…
Center of crossing is re- paired on North Bend Way. It may be Halloween but things will no longer go bump in the night when using several newly-repaired crossings. The…
The Jackson tamper was introduced in the 1950s on the Northern Pacific Railway and continues in a new role at the Northwest Railway Museum. It has been an unusually long winter…
It’s not a form of government control but an essential component in good railway track. Track ballast is part of the track structure. It provides supports to the ties from…
So Spike, what makes rough track smooth again? A surface, line and dress. Huh? A few short decades ago, gandy dancers did this work with lining bars, hand operated jacks…
Damage surveys are complete, reports have been written, and funding applications have been filed. Resources to fully fund the repairs will take months to secure – or at least attempt…