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Outline
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V&T RAILWAY RECONSTRUCTION
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V&T RAILWAY RECONSTRUCTION
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Historic VTRR Fact List
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Project Scope…
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VIRGINIA & TRUCKEE
RAILWAY RECONSTRUCTION
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VIRGINIA & TRUCKEE
RAILWAY RECONSTRUCTION
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Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the V&T Railway
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V&T Railway Project Phases
February, 2008
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ENGINEERING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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PHASE 1 -
The Overman Pit Challenge
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PHASE 1 -
The Overman Pit Challenge:
Successfully Spanned - 2005
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PHASE 1 -
The Overman Pit Challenge:
First Steam Revenue Service - 2008
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PHASE 2A/2B -
Sometimes the Roadbed was pretty good
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PHASE 2A/2B -
Sometimes it wasn’t
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PHASE 2A/2B –
 Building the Track!
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Tunnel No. 2 RR East Portal
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TUNNEL  #2
RECONSTRUCTION
CHALLENGES
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Gathering Rock Mechanics Data
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Mike Donavan Completes Survey
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Concrete Placement RR East Portal
February 2007
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Near Completion of Stabilization
June 2007
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Stabilized Tunnel No. 2
July of 2007
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RR East Portal Being Extended
March, 2008
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Forming RR East Portal Headwall
April 2008
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Completed RR East Portal Headwall
June, 2008
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V&T Railway Reconstruction
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V&T Railway Reconstruction
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V & T RAILWAY RECONSTRUCTION