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File:Manual Maintenance at Windsor 02.jpg|Track gang doing shovel work adjacent to the [[Windsor]] station in the 1970s. | File:Manual Maintenance at Windsor 02.jpg|Track gang doing shovel work adjacent to the [[Windsor]] station in the 1970s. | ||
File:Manual maintenance at Windsor 01.jpg|Track gang doing shovel work adjacent to the [[Windsor]] station in the 1970s. | File:Manual maintenance at Windsor 01.jpg|Track gang doing shovel work adjacent to the [[Windsor]] station in the 1970s. | ||
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| + | File:Eb plow extra feb 1987.jpg|Plow train at the [[The Joggins Bridge]] in 1987. | ||
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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Revision as of 19:30, 8 January 2020
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.
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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.
The Burro crane is working just west of Allain River Bridge at Annapolis Royal in 1989.
