Three rotten wooden sleepers were dug out and replaced with concrete ones, the old sleepers were not holding the rails in gauge and were deemed a potential derailment hazard.
Replacing old wood sleepers with concrete sleepers is part of an ongoing project on the ASCR
Concrete sleeper
Digging out old sleepers
Positioning concrete sleeper
New sleepers in position clipped onto rail
Tamping with jackhammers
Sleepers laid
Sleeper replacement on the Australian Sugar Cane Railway (ASCR)
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Sleeper replacement on the Australian Sugar Cane Railway (ASCR)
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Re: Sleeper replacement on the Australian Sugar Cane Railway (ASCR)
Good work!
I don't think I've seen concrete sleepers used on the UK narrow gauge, although the Ffestiniog are using recycled plastic ones...
I don't think I've seen concrete sleepers used on the UK narrow gauge, although the Ffestiniog are using recycled plastic ones...
Re: Sleeper replacement on the Australian Sugar Cane Railway (ASCR)
Fairbourne had them in 15" gauge days; from memory they were removed because whatever rail fastening they used proved hard to tighten up. Some survive as platform edging etc. I think Volk's had them at one point as well.
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