Photo-Documentation of the Museum's Move, September 2002
1. September 8, 2001 to Setpember
10, 2002
Final Site Preparation
for Museum Relocation
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(176) Digging trenches for the first of three permanent display tracks, each about 800 feet long |
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(177) Laying track | |
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(178) Filling track for leveling | |
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(179) Hand-tamping track to stabilize and support the weight of cars without subsiding | |
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(180) Grading fill to top of rail after track stabilization | |
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(181) Lifting wheels sets (for future car $ 621) to another track to allow work to proceed | |
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(182) Towing cars along site to help compress tracks for stablization | |
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(183) Dismantling of viewing corridors between display cars at old museum site | |
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(184) Dismantling viewing corridors continuing, roofs completely off. | |
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(185) Dismantling viewing corridor roofs seen from top, with water tower in background | |
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(186) Temporary track constructed across King St. to connect museum tracks with active railway tracks |
To: September 11 through September 13, 2002: The Move of the Museum railcar collection to the new site