William T. Rothko Wrote:
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> The gap between the rails in downtown San Rafael
> and the rails through the tunnel north of town
> looks like it's going to be closed this coming
> week. As you can see in these photos, there are
> just a few hundred feet of ties and rail to be
> laid to connec the two sections. So, once that's
> complete, the remaining gap in the SMART main will
> be a hundred feet of dirt railroad south of Civic
> Center station. The work north of here was done by
> Stacy-Whitbeck/Herzog, the work south by Shimmick.
> Seems like a nice location for a Golden Spike
> Ceremony.
>
> The wooden ties in the first photo were laid years
> ago during a freeway widening that resulted in the
> relocation of the ROW to west. I wonder why they
> are wooden ties at the south portal of the tunnel?
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William,

Thanks so much for the coverage. When the SMART track crew was at La Selva they told me there was a photographer out photographing the SMART work every day. He even provided the workers with CD's of his photographs. Are you the photographer?