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Day 1: 29-Jan-2011

Day 1: 29-Jan-2011

29-Jan-2011

Removal of existing rail, sleepers, ballast. Erection of some new overhead stanchions. Clicking on album images...

Day 2: 30-Jan-2011

Day 2: 30-Jan-2011

30-Jan-2011

Day 3: 31-Jan-2011

Day 3: 31-Jan-2011

31-Jan-2011

Sleepers placed and tracklaying under way at city end of the line from Southbank to Ingles Street.

Day 4: 01-Feb-2011

Day 4: 01-Feb-2011

01-Jan-2011

Tracklaying and welding underway.  A ballast hopper arrives by truck.

Day 5: 02-Feb-2011

Day 5: 02-Feb-2011

02-Feb-2011

Track laid to North Port, ballasting now commences.

Day 6: 03-Feb-2011

Day 6: 03-Feb-2011

03-Feb-2011

Tracklaying at the Beacon Cove end; ballasting at the Montague end.

Day 7: 04-Feb-2011

Day 7: 04-Feb-2011

04-Feb-2011

Day 8: 05-Feb-2011

Day 8: 05-Feb-2011

05-Feb-2011

Overnight a torrential rain storm flooded many streets in Melbourne.  However this doesn't seem to have slowed progress...

Day 9: 06-Feb-2011

Day 9: 06-Feb-2011

06-Feb-2011

Still some final work on the line, but it re-opens on the following Monday 07--Feb-2011