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Originally Posted by clubvin
Sorry i beg to differ. if you them closely the wood panels are being used to support those tracks. it has been discontinued since way too long... now only concrete blocks are used
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What wooden panels? The crossing? I don't see any wood supporting anything. Son, don't argue me on this one, this is actually something I know.
I'm CN Rules qualified, I can foreman a maintenance crew. That track is in FAR too good of condition to be "long since discontinued". My guess is spring runoff was heavy and eroded the out bank of the riverbend and a mudslide took out all the ground underneath the track. If too big a washout to simply replace the soil. they'll be waiting on a bridgecrew, which will take some time. Rail transport is in a boom right now with fuel price son the rise. Whoever owns that line is chomping at the bit to get it open again believe me. If it were long since discontinued, those rails would have been salvaged and sold by now. I've worked on reclamation jobs. What a 39foot section of 115lb rail in good condition sells for is ridiculous. Companies will fly helicopters into the middle of the boonies and pay millions to pull out unused track. They would have stripped that bitch right down to the bolt for reuse. Unless you consider long since when, like last spring. The spikes aren't even lifting any, the bolts are tight, that track has been well maintained up until recent times...