WORK ZONE:
Shady Grove to Twinbrook, Continuous Single Tracking August 9 - August 21 (with Full Shutdown August 13‐14, August 20‐21)

SCOPE OF WORK:
Renewal of rail and power infrastructure on this portion of the Red line, including crossties, track circuit equipment, and power cables.

The critical tasks completed during the surge include:

• Replaced over 3,500 crossties, about 35 percent of crossties in this area
• Welded 6 joints
• Replaced over 1,100 insulators
• Repaired 72 power cables, 4 damaged orange boots and 36 pigtails
• Repaired 19 track junction boxes and over 60 Intrusion Detection Warning System boxes, important safety features along fence lines
• Removed vegetation and trash from over 1,600 feet of the track bed, improving drainage and eliminating fire hazards

SafeTrack Photo Gallery (click on photo to view)