Approaching autumn has again brought the track work season to Jokioinen Museum Railway. On Tuesday morning a four car ballast train brought three full ballast hoppers from Humppila To Minkiö. Ballast is needed for the rebuilding of so called field tracks at Minkiö depot. This was also the first time the new ballast hoppers bought from Estonia were used.

In August a connection track from the Minkiö locomotive shop track to the field tracks has been built. The field tracks have not been used for almost ten years. They were originally built for storage tracks before the line from Minkiö to Humppila was rebuilt and the carriage shed in Humppila bought. When new tracks to Minkiö locomotive shop were built in the beginning of the 2000s a rail connection to field tracks was lost. Because of lot of new rolling stock arriving to the railway in past year more storage space is required and a decision was made to reconnect the field tracks and take them back in to use.