Here we are in the second week of May already and this is my first post of the year. I still haven't been able to run trains on the PE&A this year due to damage over the winter. Earlier this spring I did some initial cleanup but it took until this week to finally get to work with putting in new ballast where it had washed out. I also cleaned up plantings and spread bark in open areas. The entire railroad is now ready to run trains except for one 10-foot tangent along the fence where the erosion has been extensive and I need to find a solution to hold the soil in place. I'm going to work on building a new retaining wall between the railroad and the fence, something I should have done earlier..
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| Getting ready for a new season of running trains. Better late than never. |
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| This area along the garage usually sees some erosion and it isn't too bad this year. I'm going to build a small retaining wall as I think it will look good here and help stop the erosion. |
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| A close up of the false lily of the valley (DescriptionMaianthemum dilatatum) in bloom right now |
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| This is the section that needs work although it is hard to see the slope in this picture. Additionally, the bricks I set in place on the uphill side have shifted over time due to tree root growth. I'll need to reset them. |
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| This is a reverse view of the same stretch of track. You can see there is nothing holding up the track on the downhill side. |
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| I spent the day cleaning up the stream bed, trimming back plants and putting down new balast. |
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| The whipcord western redceder is doing fantastic. I'll need to move it as it's getting so big. I should never have planted it so close to the track. |
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| Alki checking out today's work. |
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| A surprise popped up this spring—a Pacific trillium. I have no idea how this got here but I'm happy it's found a perfect home. |
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| The bearded iris started opening this week. |
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| The native iris are in full bloom right now as well. |
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