09-16-2016, 11:33 AM
This morning as I was passing by, they were paving the dedicated Caroline->Erb right-turn-lane and setting up the forms for the concrete pour of the SB embedded track in the intersection:
Out of frame to the NW, they dumped a pile of ballast on the SB track adjacent to the intersection.
Out of frame to the South, they were pouring an additional segment of the SB embedded track north of the Caroline/Father David Bauer Drive intersection. Workers were taping the boot to the rail, and sealing the top with the wide, black tape to keep the concrete out during the pour.
I expect nearly the whole thing to be poured by evening, with one lift of asphalt cooling in the zone NE of the tracks in Erb/Caroline. It's pretty exciting.
Out of frame to the NW, they dumped a pile of ballast on the SB track adjacent to the intersection.
Out of frame to the South, they were pouring an additional segment of the SB embedded track north of the Caroline/Father David Bauer Drive intersection. Workers were taping the boot to the rail, and sealing the top with the wide, black tape to keep the concrete out during the pour.
I expect nearly the whole thing to be poured by evening, with one lift of asphalt cooling in the zone NE of the tracks in Erb/Caroline. It's pretty exciting.