Another major job for this year is to finally get the bridge in over the aisle. It is the line between Mt. Carmel and Shamokin. This is a very difficult project as the line is on a grade with a moderately sharp curve involved. It will be a through truss bridge over the aisle and then a ballasted deck girder bridge over the main line far below.
Ed volunteered to contort himself so he could rise up over the grade and use a combination of a circular saw and a jig saw to trim the sub-roadbed in the area of the deck girder bridge so we can mount the girders to it. He is finishing one side here.
Alan is helping and watching him here as we get this phase finished.
More close trim work as he is cutting right next to the ties on the track. I was nervous for sure. After this was done, we mounted more risers to secure the roadbed without any flexing to get us ready to cut the line over the aisle while maintaining the grade in place.
While the bridge work was being done, the landscape crew was adding webbing to Reed so we can complete the plaster work that will tie the town into the Susquehanna river area. Paul, Jack and Mike made fast work of the area we need to prepare.
I now have to make the abutments for the bridge in the background so we can tie it all together.
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