The public account of the west switchback relies on the road crew’s stonefall notices and the mule train delay book. A review of that source and the field notes finds a specific limit: the count can be repeated, but it does not include a fresh fan of chips below the retaining wall’s third drain.
Varda Kin checked the road crew’s stonefall notices and the mule train delay book against the field notes. The method is to trace the route from the first signal to the final gate receipt; it confirms the entries, but not every interpretation attached to them. The comparison covers 63 switchback closures lasting longer than one bell; 64 appear in the prior file. No signed correction to either entry was present when this review closed.
Hessa Tor, route marshal for the west road, said the source register was complete for its stated purpose. The office has not provided a separate measure for whether to reopen the route between inspections or hold all freight until the retaining wall is rebuilt, so the public record cannot yet show which account is more representative.
Carriers call short closures manageable; masons say repeated traffic shakes loose stone from the same seam. The current record does not settle that disagreement. This report does not establish that either side misstated the evidence. It establishes that the published total is narrower than the conclusion being drawn from it.
The first implementation notes have been compared with the promise in the minutes. The entry belongs to the second reading file at the west switchback above the mule rest. The route marshal will time a loaded test after the drain has been cleared. The next file should preserve the original entries and explain any change in method.
