There's nothing more fun than shovelling ballast... I had a shift not long ago where on a re-rail, the dozer decided to leave a huge incline in the ballast so when
the sleepers were dropped, lined up and the rail clipped up, one rail was a ridiculous amount higher than the other one. Cue us mugs having to jack up one side of the track, and shovel ballast out from under the sleeper until it...