SOUTHERN RAILWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY WORKER DRIVES A RAILROAD SPIKE INTO A TIE TO HOLD A PART OF THE NEW QUARTER MILE LONG SECTION OF RAIL. ON A GOOD DAY, WHEN THE CREW DOESN'T HAVE TO STOP WORK TOO MANY TIMES TO LET TRAINS PASS ON PARALLEL TRACKS, 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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