AUGUST 1, 2009
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MOVING A LOAD OF STONE AUGUST 1, 2009 |
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| DUMPING IT - My good neighbor Harold is watching his son-in-law Cecil dump a load of 3/4 inch stone. Harold worked at the Maryland Materials quarry for 50 years! | SCOOPING IT - My tractor has a 4-foot bucket, and I was able to scoop four bucketfuls into the 4x8 trailer for each trip. I'm finally getting the hang of this. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| FILLING IT - Paul did a great job as "dump truck driver," spotting the trailer in the loading zone as quickly as I could grab a scoopful with the tractor. | CHECKING IT - Bella checks out the trailer after we emptied it (by hand) near the shed. We transported 30 scoops in all, well over half of the pile. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| FIRST RIDE ON THE NEW TRACK - the ballast was freshly installed and we hadn't gotten a chance to adjust the track yet. | END OF THE LINE - the track stopped just short of the bridge. That black stuff is landscape fabric which will be installed under the bridge to control weeds. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| PAUL'S TURN - He's on a small stretch of straight track, the only straight track on the whole railroad! | WHAT'S UP WITH THIS? - Well, sorry, we can't build any more track until the bridge is done. But give it a few days, and we'll get moving again! | |||||||||||||||||||
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| IT CAN HOLD THIS MUCH WEIGHT - but the bridge will have girders on each side so it will be able to carry even more weight than this when it's done. | CHARGING HER UP - The new generator (colored blue of course) is powering the battery charger. We are topping off the charge for a special event tomorrow. | |||||||||||||||||||