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A briefing on starting up - I haven't posted about the latest two trips up to the railroad. Real life is beginning to intercede with the impending new semester at grad school, so I slipped a bit on this blog. Last thursday was 4 hours at the railroad, just working on the platfo... - 2006/08/27 Digging a ditch - Yesterday, Grant and I put in a 3" PVC drainage pipe. We ran it underneath the track in the Front Loop, where heavy rain water tends to pool up, and then parallel to the track for about thirty-five feet where the water can drain into a large field. T... - 2006/08/18 Retaining Wall Photos - A few posts back , I mentioned the head wall that we rebuilt, and that I'd take some photos. Here they are, finally: - 2006/08/15 Picking up brush, and more planting - I got there bright and early this morning. Ray, Jim and I hung out in the roundhouse for a little while. I watched the two of them prep #4 "Laurel" for a day of running, and waiting for the fog to burn off a little. There was so much fog this morni... - 2006/08/15 Plants, Injectors, and Bearings - Did three things today. First, I put in more plants in the planter boxes that line the platform area. We're putting in Liriope (Lily Grass or Lily Turf) and Lilies, which will hopefully tolerate the shadiness under the redwoods. I'm getting pretty go... - 2006/08/15 Photos - Pretty full day yesterday, but I got up to the railroad for 2 hours to take some photos. A few of the best are below, and I've moved the whole gallery over to flickr (and updated the link on the left). - 2006/08/13
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