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File:Mow bloomfield 1.jpg|Possibly a [[Kershaw Dual Tie Saw]] at [[Bloomfield]] in the 1980's. | File:Mow bloomfield 1.jpg|Possibly a [[Kershaw Dual Tie Saw]] at [[Bloomfield]] in the 1980's. | ||
File:Burro at allain river bridge 1989.jpg|The Burro crane is working just west of Allain River Bridge at Annapolis Royal in 1989. | File:Burro at allain river bridge 1989.jpg|The Burro crane is working just west of Allain River Bridge at Annapolis Royal in 1989. | ||
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Maintenance Activities
Railways require considerable maintenance effort to ensure safe and reliable operations, although the technology can cope with much neglect before complete failure.
Here are some examples of maintenance activities being done.
Gallery
DAR wreck train untangles Train No. 98 derailed at Mile 3 of the Yarmouth Subdivision near Clementsport, August 2, 1944.
Track gang doing shovel work adjacent to the Windsor station in the 1970s.
Track gang doing shovel work adjacent to the Windsor station in the 1970s.
Plow train paused for lunch at Digby in 1987.
Plow train at the The Joggins Bridge in 1987.
Kershaw Tie Crane at Bloomfield. Unknown date.
Possibly a Kershaw Dual Tie Saw at Bloomfield in the 1980's.
The Burro crane is working just west of Allain River Bridge at Annapolis Royal in 1989.
A Chevy Suburban hi-railer makes its way across the Bear River Bridge in this late 1980's view.
