Ashley Update 5/23/11

Lots of good things happening at Ashley.  The rain hasn't helped anything but the grass but we are making consistent progress.  We will be beginning to move the St. Johns equipment within the next 30 days and my goal is to be moved in 60. 

Front of the building.  Note the mansards, stone, printed logo on the building and the flag.  Also most of the signs are up.

 Back of the building.  Printed logo can be seen from the north.

 Driver's lounge kitchen.

 Driver's lounge.  We have purchased some vending machines.  Look for them soon at a facility near you.

 Driver's lounge bathroom.  I couldn't figure out how to get out of the picture.

 Mens bath in the main office.

 Logistics office

 Logistics office

 Entry

 Break room - Table for 20 anyone??

 Lab - Still needs some finishing, walls painted, floor epoxied, counter, sink, shelves etc.

 Lab from other direction - It probably needs some more electrical too.

 Storage area

 Storage area.  The roll up door you see goes into the lab.

 Truck Loadout - Bucket truck looks pretty small.

 Dry system.  Jib crane just installed this week.

 Railroad rehabilitation project going well.  They are almost done with the old track, bringing it up, replacing ties, and repacking the ballast.  They will be working on the switch for the second line today.  Much dirt work has to be done to get the sub ballast installed.  There will be a header line to load cars from and enough sub ballast to add a 3rd track in the future.

 Materials stockpiled.  They bring in the ballast by rail.  This is the location for the 3 - 500,000 gal tanks in the next year.

 Scales - These have been done for a while, not getting my job done keeping the blog updated.

This is the readout, on the left you have Steers, Drives, and Trailer, and a total on the right.  Sorry, I wasn't long enough to catch them all.