For the second weekend in a row, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum continued its excavation north of its Restoration Building to bring the ground in front of the building to the level of the building. Unlike Week #1 where the museum had the donated use of a hydraulic excavator, this day the museum used only equipment from its own Historic Construction Equipment collection.
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The museum’s Cat D7 waits for the pan to return to give it a push with the museum’s yard crane working in the back moving rail parts out of the way of the excavation.
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The Cat D-8 and its tractor pan take its first pass of the day.
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The results from the pan.
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Museum volunteer Jeremy Tuke checks the fuel level on the D-8.
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Fill ‘er up! Museum volunteers, John McDonald (left) and Dave Luca (right) help pump diesel fuel into the Cat D-8 tractor.
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Pumping up a tire on the museum’s tractor pan.
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View of the north end of the building from the top of the dirt still to be excavated.
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Moving to the next spot.
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Museum Construction Superintendent Joe Scanlon runs the Bay City 65 dragline.
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Dumping the first load from the dragline.
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And another load…
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Filling the truck up!