The pictures below were taken on 9 & 10 March 2017. The new extension track path was dug to remove the grass to prepare it for filling with ballast. The tunnel East entrance was worked on next – the dirt behind the side walls was dug out to about 3 feet behind the tunnel entrance.
Before work began
Larry marking the track path
Marking the East end
Making Progress
Fixing a kink in the path
Tunnel before starting work
Track hoe climbing up
Taking a stump out
Removing a pile of brush from the top of the tunnel.
View from the top side. (This picture comes out rotated for some reason)
Taking out the big stump.
Grading the North side. A lot of dirt was moved here to fill in the hole that was here.
North side finished grade.
Grading the South side.