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Reply to "Track Laying in Como, Session #5"

Tom, I can only answer some of your questions.  Some of the rail and ties came from the BNSF siding into the Boulder IBM plant which was removed in 2001.  The road and grade crossing were in use in 1937.  The road no longer exists but we're replicating the grade crossing from then.  On FB you can find some pictures of the pit restoration.  There are pictures, in my other threads and elsewhere, of the bridge lying upside down near the pit.  The railroad never used tie plates or ballast.  So far we are using old, creosote ties and we have not treated the ends.  I don't now about expansion/contraction but our track foreman Todd knows a lot about track construction.  There are many photos available of the Como roundhouse on the web with a search.  If you can't find any interiors let me know.  I think I posted some here last year.

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