Re: Royal Park track renewal
  Mal Rowe

On 15/11/2020 16:41, Mal Rowe wrote:
> Elliott Ave is closed until early Wednesday morning and the tram crossing is being renewed.  It's being done in mass concrete because that's still the quickest track laying technique ... and it's strong enough to handle the heavy road traffic in this major thoroughfare.

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Six days later all the track is in.

It is in concrete to sleeper height at each end and on concrete sleepers in open ballast in between.

Today's pics show the concrete at the northern end behind the zoo and the tamping machine crossing Elliott Ave. with the newly tamped track in the background.

The 'X' made of orange pipe in the pic is a reminder to crane operators of the HV cables over the site at that point.

Mal Rowe - getting extra exercise circumnavigating the zoo.

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