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Took this some years ago on the CP Havelock sub east of Toronto. for those that know the line this is about a mile east of Dranoel. Its a branch line that has a 15MPH on it Came across these shims under the rails near the top of a long grade. So why the strange shims? do they do this temporarily till a tamper can be brought out?
edit. Its hard to see in the picture but the track in the shimmed area seems higher than the rest so I dont think it was to fix a dip in the tracks. if anything it created a bit of a hump.
When you try to raise track in the winter, the ties are froze down. So you add woo shims as a temp fix. Then when the ground thaws and dries up, remove shims and raise and tamp ties. Maybe they ain't been back around yet!
that makes sense. This was taken in early May
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