BACK TO WORK ON THE RAILROAD APRIL 10 TO 24, 2009

April has been a very tough and very busy month for us, mostly for things not related to the railroad.  Once the shed was delivered, it had to be adjusted, the fence had to be reconnected, and we had to figure out the new route for the track.  Trackwork finally started on April 24.

Here I'm delivering a load of stone with my newly acquired tractor, a 1984 Inter-national 254 diesel with front end loader and turf tires.

David pulled a cartload of stone with the golf cart, and here we're unloading it in front of the new shed.

It will only take a minute to level out the new piles of stone.  I'll lower the bucket and pull backward with the tractor.

A NEW HOME -  The Galloping Goose will call the new shed home from now on.  I charged its batteries and then delivered it on April 23.

THE EASY WAY - Why pick up a heavy 18-foot section of track by hand when you can do it with a tractor!  Smokey and Piney are munching grass nearby.

TAKING SHAPE - I did some grading work with the tractor, chopped a couple of surface roots with the axe, and started connecting track panels together.