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Working on the Railroad
Oct. 5th, 2024 08:31 amUnion Pacific was doing maintenance of way work on the line through Fernley. I happened to be getting ready to go to the grocery store as they were storing their equipment off the main line.
( Specialty Equipment )
The work these pieces of equipment do used to require a large team of workers with hand tools taking much longer to keep the ballast (and the track on top of it) tidy and the track aligned properly.
Meanwhile, today (or rather late tonight) is when Lisa and Chris weigh anchor from Munich, board an overnight sleeper to Hamburg (with a continuing train to Copenhagen) and start the more than two-week trip back home, which will involve trains, ferries, and (unfortunately but unavoidably at times) airplanes. I know that Lisa has checked out of the apartment because the charge for the last half of the rental (it was split into two stays for complicated reasons) hit my credit card overnight. All of the hotel rooms, ferries, and airline flights are booked. It's just a bunch of moving parts that have to all work.
( Specialty Equipment )
The work these pieces of equipment do used to require a large team of workers with hand tools taking much longer to keep the ballast (and the track on top of it) tidy and the track aligned properly.
Meanwhile, today (or rather late tonight) is when Lisa and Chris weigh anchor from Munich, board an overnight sleeper to Hamburg (with a continuing train to Copenhagen) and start the more than two-week trip back home, which will involve trains, ferries, and (unfortunately but unavoidably at times) airplanes. I know that Lisa has checked out of the apartment because the charge for the last half of the rental (it was split into two stays for complicated reasons) hit my credit card overnight. All of the hotel rooms, ferries, and airline flights are booked. It's just a bunch of moving parts that have to all work.
