SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRACK REPAIR CREW WORK AROUND EQUIPMENT USED TO REMOVE OLD RAILS AND REPLACE THEM WITH QUARTER MILE LONG RAILS IN A REGULAR PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE COMPANY'S 10,531 MILES OF TRACK. IN 1974 SOUTHERN AVERAGED FOUR CREWS OF 50 TO 55 MEN. THEY LAID 91,808 TONS OF RAIL AND REPLACED 2,278,318 CROSS TIES. MAXIMUM SAFE SPEED ON THE COMPANY'S TRACK IS KEPT AT 60 MILES PER HOUR AND VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE SYSTEM CAN BE TRAVELED AT THAT SPEED

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