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They had been posting for days that the road would be closed July 9 and 10. The villiage gave them a permit for those a Sunday and Monday because that is when Hair Studio One across the street is closed.
11:17:26 They had already cut the pavement and dug the ditch across the road when I arrived.
The manhole pipe that we saw them move to this area yesterday is already set and buried in stone.
This scene taught me that they use the crane with the American Flag on it. That is not just a "parking" weight.
11:20:50 They are setting more vertical brackets along the edge. Later I'll learn that the purpose is to thread safety ropes around the perimeter of the floor.
1:28:04 While walking back for the afternoon visit, a two engine commuter...
...stopped at the station. Two engines on a commuter during a Sunday is another reminder that this is the Taste of Chicago weekend.
Still mounting more posts for the safety ropes.
There is a lot of pipes on a special rack on top of the truck parked on the closed road. And the stockpile of stone inside the fence is getting smaller.
They are backfilling the trench across the road and digging another deep hole on the other side.
"While installing sewer pipe, the hole became deep enough that the operator of the excavator could not see the bucket. So he is watching hand signals. Some of these signals are different than the ones I have seen for a crane operator doing lifts."
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Another pole is being swung in place.
I walk from Gilbert to Forest to get a better view of the crane operation. I deliberately avoided catching their faces because they are not wearing hard hats inside the fenced area. These two contractor employees are working on a Sunday because someone needs to be on site while the sewer subcontractor is working.
1:41:24 I went back home along Forest instead of Main and a westbound freight came through. I didn't catch the number, but by the looks of all the ventilation grills on the side, it is a Tier 4 locomotive.
Obviously, it is an intermodal train. It is not obvious if it is carrying domestic or international containers.
3:54:50 I did a third walk to the Forest site since they were doing special sewer pipe work. I kept taking pictures of the freight train while I walked to determine...
...it was a mixed freight.
Since digital cameras make pictures so cheap, I kept taking a sample of the cars in the train.
As usual, it was mainly hoppers and tanks.
3:57:32 All done. So that one took almost three minutes to get through town.
As I have mentioned, they are working on Sundays so that they can close Gilbert.
Donegal Excavating is the subcontractor laying the sewer pipe. They have hung their own safety sign.
While I was at it, I included a picture of Carlson's safety sign. The last black line states: "HARD HATS, SAFETY VESTS & PROTECTIVE BOOTS ARE REQUIRED".
They have quit for the day, as I had expected. That means they have put the fence back over the construction entrance. But that lets me get a lot closer to take a picture of what they put in the hole we saw them excavating above. Note all of the utilities they have to work around to lay the pipe into the building.
They have a Deere 27D and...
...a Deere 85G working this job.
4:09:24 An inbound Amtrak comes through as I walk back home, locomotives 192 and 119.
4:03:34 All done. Inbound Amtrak trains generally blow through town at track speed --- 70mph.
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