No. California: SMART project gets a delivery of railroad ties (sleepers)

[bikkuri bahn]

Positive news on the transit front:

The first shipment of concrete ties to rebuild the rail line between Sonoma and Marin counties for passenger trains was delivered to Santa Rosa by rail Thursday, a milestone as construction gets under way.

 

“Everything we do from now on is a big step; it is finally happening,” said SMART Chairwoman Valerie Brown. “Now there is the expenditure of the money, the hiring of people. There are going to be a lot things that will be occurring that people will see. We are building a railroad.”

 

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120524/ARTICLES/120529766/1033/news?p=1&tc=pg

 

Kudos to reporter Bob Norberg for providing details of the delivery, including suppliers.

[quinntopia]

Good news! I used to live in Santa Rosa, and passenger line through that corridor always seemed like a great idea (particularly if they are using all the old roadbed left in the area).

[bikkuri bahn]

Video of those ties being brought in: