Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Building and ballast

While all the excitement about HOP floats around, work carries on at Papakura, with the station building receiving some detailing, and a deck - slightly above platform level - is being built.
Overview of the station building as of this morning. Note the new shelter over the top of the window, which hasn't been installed yet, and the railings for the deck
Close-up of the new deck, to face the platform
A truck arrives with more ballast ready for laying. The track is laid on top of this before more ballast is dumped on the tracks, and then finally tamped (shaking the ballast around to let it settle)
Close-up of the new ballast on the track bed
With a shutdown this weekend, who knows what may happen?

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