This project involved the removal, clearing, grading, and complete replacement of the primary mainline at the Ridgeville station area. The original section consisted of an aging track bed with settled ballast. The goal was to replace this entire section with new track to improving reliability, ride quality, as well as drainage. Phase 1: Demolition & …
Friday, June 28th 2024 was to be the start of the second weekend of “Phase 2” rebuilding the junction. Unfortunately, Mother Nature decided to send a lot of precipitation and between Friday and Saturday we lost about 6 hours of work time to the rain. The crew still got all of the track in place, …
The weekend of June 22, 2024 found our track crew working on Phase 2 of our Van Sickle junction rebuild project. This was the first project that we scheduled for night time work, in an effort to avoid the daytime heat here in Florida. With some good worklights, the project came together well and it …
