At present WeedPatch have a date set for this fall. Ed Konecki Spring Track Maintenance Work John Sturtz testing our tie inserter prior to it being placed in service. The Inserter is playing a major role in our track rehab program. The initial construction of the first 200 feet for our track extension was not the only track work accomplished at the museum. While Swanson Contractors was building the track at the south end of the railroad, museum members and volunteers were replacing wood ties at the north end of our track.
Railroad tie removal and replacement is an ongoing annual process for an operating railroad museum.
Our museum Roadmaster coordinates the track work on different areas of the railroad each year. Roadmaster, Ed Konecki, is also the museum s President this year. The museum focuses on performing track projects in the Spring and Fall seasons when our weather is more favorable for the heavy physical labor of changing out railroad ties. Several museum members volunteered parts of their weekends, along with four paid workers, from Midwest Groundcovers, to replace 134 ties this Spring. Track department volunteers plan to change our additional ties later this year.