Caltrain begins ballast deliveries

Caltrain in the San Francisco area, will begin delivering ballast to a storage area on its property between the train tracks and Chilco Street in Menlo Park, Calif. The ballast will be used for a variety of railroad construction and maintenance projects, including the San Bruno Grade Separation. The deliveries are expected to continue for several weeks. The ballast will be delivered in a 54-car train, which will be staged at Redwood Junction. The train will be divided into smaller trains of six to eight cars that will deliver the ballast to the Chilco Street storage site. A total of three 54-car trains will be needed to complete the delivery.