Today the railroad crew came and took out the old track and laid the new. As of right now the barricades are still up since they need to finish the road surface but all has been cleared for trains to travel on once again. The following is the series of pictures taken as I had time and my hands free.
1. Taking out the old track.
2. Moving the old track around to put on the back of a flat car behind the crane.
3. Getting rid of the old track--three sections total were taken out.
4. Laying in the new track -- all one large section. 
5. They cheered when it was finally dropped into place, then they went to work by hand securing it in place.
6. Dumping the gravel/rock car. After this they spent a lot of time and two additional pieces of equipment making sure that it was graded just right.Clark thought this all was great fun and enjoyed watching both outside and inside. Anytime a noise sounded interesting (like dumping the rock) there were little footsteps running to the window or the door to see what was happening.
In other news -- just because I find this funny -- Clark has taken to helping mommy pick tomatoes. He looks through the plants to find some and points them out. Unfortunately we are out of red tomatoes. However, Clark likes to pick the green grape tomatoes and he tries to eat them (in fact he ate one today). I have come to believe he actually thinks these are grapes just for some reason they don't taste anything like the green grapes in the fridge!
1. On the hunt for tomatoes:
2. These just don't taste right!
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Don't you just love fall!!
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