{"id":309,"date":"2008-05-25T19:00:24","date_gmt":"2008-05-25T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=309"},"modified":"2013-04-24T18:43:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T18:43:57","slug":"cleanup-gets-rails-back-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/cleanup-gets-rails-back-on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleanup gets rails back on track"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another press story from the US military. This one was dated 18 March 2008.<\/p>\n

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\nWorkers with the Iraqi republic railways clear debris, March 12, from the tracks on Camp Taji, Iraq. It has been four years since the tracks were last used and as a result they have fallen into disrepair. The yard at Taji is an important part of the railway\u2019s future.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n

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Cleanup Gets Rails Back on Track<\/h3>\n

By Staff Sgt. Bryant Maude
\n1st Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs<\/p>\n

CAMP TAJI, Iraq \u2013 It has been four years since a train powered its way onto Camp Taji, Iraq, and at least that long since any care or attention has been paid to the rail yard. As a result, a crew of ten Iraqi Republic Railway\u2019s workers started the rigorous task of cleaning and repairing the neglected tracks. <\/p>\n

Today they are repairing switches, placing derailed train cars back onto the tracks, and clearing debris,” said Staff Sgt. Gilbert Torress, a native of Fresno, Calif., and the sergeant of the guard with Detachment 1, 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery, a California National Guard unit attached to the 1st Sustainment Brigade. After this they will load containers on cars and test the tracks.”<\/p>\n

These tracks are currently being renovated as part of an initiative to rebuild the railroad and it\u2019s capabilities to move large volumes of cargo. <\/p>\n

The trains pulling in here will carry mostly containers and Iraqi army materials bound for the maintenance facilities under the Taji National Depot,” said Maj. Ira Baldwin, a Laurinburg, N.C., native and mobility chief for the 1st Sustainment Brigade. <\/p>\n

Every track cleaned and switch repaired is a step closer to a fully functioning railroad and the eventual creation of good paying jobs for Iraqi people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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