SafeTrack Surge #6: Takoma to Silver Spring
WORK ZONE:
Takoma to Silver Spring, Continuous Single Tracking August 1 - 7
SCOPE OF WORK:
Renewal of rail and power infrastructure on this portion of the Red line, including crossties, insulators and power cables.
The critical tasks completed during the surge include:
- Replaced over 1300 crossties, several hundred more than originally planned and about 35 percent of all ties in the area
- Replaced over 300 linear feet of rail and welded 14 joints
- Replaced almost 500 insulators
- Repaired 20 power cables
- Repaired marker coils and D‐loops that provide station stopping information and speed commands to trains
- Removed vegetation and trash from over 8,100 feet of the track bed, improving drainage and eliminating fire hazards
SafeTrack Photo Gallery (click on photo to view)