Category: Railroad
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One More Siding
Ken decided to add the Agua Dulce siding and arrived early to get the switch on the trestle installed. Everybody loves a curved switch on a trestle! A great crew arrived Saturday: Hank and Lil diverted from their winter trip to Florida to come to a couple of meets in Texas that sandwiched our workday.…
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Tying It All Together
Ken showed up early two days early and laid panels around the loop, almost completing it with nearly 60 panels. This is the final loop of phase 1. The workday focused on aligning and setting a bridge and laying the final track panels. At the end of the day, the final fish plate was added…
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Working Around the Lake
Last week brought a lot of progress as we finished the long bridge spans and returned to laying panels on grade. Ken arrived early in the week and finished the bridge ties on the steel spans and then installed the final 16′ of trestle. Bob was busy building panels on Wednesday. John O came out…
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Continued Bridge Work
Mother Nature brought an arctic blast to all of Texas this past week which prompted the annual Houston Area Live Steamers Chugga Chilifest train meet activities to be curtailed. (The county even turned off the water to the park for the first portion of the meet.) Several railroaders from Central Texas opted stay warm by…
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Lift Bridge and Guard Rails
On February 16th and 17th, Stephen spent time welding up the lift bridge frame while John was installing guard rails on the trestle. (The lift bridge mechanism is part of phase 2. It is a stationary span for now.)
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Ties and Rail Added to Trestle
February 8th was another huge day on the Austin & Texas Central. Stephen and Lori had to leave for a funeral, but that didn’t stop everyone else from working on the railroad. The primary goal was to install the bridge ties and rail on the trestle and the crew really came through. Attendees: John O,…
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Prepping the Bridge Ties
This past weekend…
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Ballasting and Installing Trestle Stringers
An impressive 13 people joined the work for the workday on January 25. Here are the highlights: Lots of cameras captured the work. Be sure to scroll through them all. Photos from Linda: Photos from Ken: Photos from Stephen:
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Cross Bracing on Bents
Stephen added the cross bracing to the trestle bents and delivered the lumber for the beams that will span between the bents. The easiest delivery method is by rail, poling a loaded flat car. To save a bunch of steps poling the car load around the loop, just give it a nudge.
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Trestle Bent Construction
Bob built track panels and Ken, Alexander, and James laid panels on the approach to the trestle. Tim, Paul, and John T pre-treated the lumber, painted the assembled bents, and hauled them out to the right of way. Doug and John O built the bents. Paul’s wife Janet came for a tour. Linda prepped lunch…