SOUTHERN RAILWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY WORK CREW, LAYING NEW QUARTER MILE LONG SECTIONS OF RAIL TO REPLACE THE OLD SHORTER TRACK. ON A GOOD DAY, WHEN THE CREW DOESN'T HAVE TO STOP WORK TOO MANY TIMES TO LET TRAINS PASS ON PARALLEL TRACK, THEY CAN LAY SLIGHTLY LESS THAN TWO MILES OF WELDED TRACK PER DAY. IN 1974 SOUTHERN HAD AN AVERAGE OF FOUR CREWS NUMBERING 50 TO 55 MEN EACH WORKING ON THE SYSTEM'S 10,531 MILES OF TRACK

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