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Track Laying and Maintenance of Way

The art and practice of Gandy Dancing
These images are dedicated to the members of the SPCRR and their friends who have spent hundreds of hours digging, prying, spiking, bolting, and generally sweating while laying and maintaining track the old fashioned way--by hand.
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Mainline and siding 2-way stub switches.
Mainline and siding 2-way stub switches.		 Yards 3 way stub switch
Yards 3 way stub switch		 How to gently bend rail. by hand.
How to gently bend rail. by hand.		 Filling spike holes in tie. Unplugged holes rot.
Filling spike holes in tie. Unplugged holes rot.
Testing a stub switch throw
Testing a stub switch throw		 This is a track gap.
This is a track gap.		 This is a dutchman used to fill the track gap.
This is a dutchman used to fill the track gap.		 Newly laid unballasted track
Newly laid unballasted track
Corp yard Siding switch
Corp yard Siding switch		 Fire Road Crossing
Fire Road Crossing		 Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Park
Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Park		 Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Park
Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Park
Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Park
Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Park		 Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Parkk
Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Parkk		 Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Park
Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Park		 Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Park
Replacing rotted ties on the mainline at Deer Park
Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch
Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch		 Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch
Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch		 Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch
Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch		 Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch
Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch
Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch
Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch		 Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch
Spiking during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch		 Testing the switch throw during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch
Testing the switch throw during the rebuild of the Shirely Siding Switch		 John is working on the third rail on Deer park Siding
John is working on the third rail on Deer park Siding
Working on the third rail at Deer Park Siding
Working on the third rail at Deer Park Siding		 Working on the third rail at Deer Park Siding
Working on the third rail at Deer Park Siding		 Laying Track inside the carbarn on a hot day
Laying Track inside the carbarn on a hot day		 Laying Track inside the carbarn on a hot day
Laying Track inside the carbarn on a hot day
Track inside the carbarn
Track inside the carbarn 		Track inside the carbarn
Track inside the carbarn 		The three-way stub
The three-way stub		 The three-way stub
The three-way stub
The headblocks on the three-way stub
The headblocks on the three-way stub
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