Railway Maintenance - Muak Lek, Thailand
N 14° 39.080 E 101° 11.960
47P E 736874 N 1620912
It is 'Back to Basics' in Thailand, when it comes to Railway Maintenance.
Waymark Code: WMYRRQ
Location: Thailand
Date Posted: 07/18/2018
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Muak Lek is on the Bangkok to Nong Khai rail line, with Saraburi, and Ayutthaya between here and Bangkok. (I was on my way to Saraburi). When I saw the total manual labour of the Railway Maintenance crew I thought I would try to get a photo. I was really trying to get an 'inside' photo of the wheelbarrows that were being used to deliver the ballast, but the Thai workers were a bit skittish about having the 'tray' of the wheelbarrow being photographed.
There was a real reason to be worried, I guess, as the base of one had a sheet of 5-ply on the bottom, and another barrow had a sheet of tin lying loose in the bottom. The only motorised piece of machinery was the lorry that had brought the load of basalt ballast. They allowed a more distant photo to be taken, which didn't show the condition of the barrow. [BTW, trains only run about every hour here.]
[There is a story about this Aussie being in such a 'remote' or 'out-of-the-way' Train Station. I had been asked at the beginning of 2015 if I would be willing to come to Thailand, and teach the skill of geocaching to groups of youths at the equivalent of a Boy Scouts Jamboree, to be held at Camp Chaipiti: (
visit link) . After ensuring the ability for the youth to complete the Merit Badge - they are required to find several geocaches - I had some spare time before the event started, so I went to go by train to Saraburi to try to find a couple of geocaches, and the Waymarks that were there; as they were the closest to where I was staying, at the APIU.]
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