Thanks Mark and it goes a lot faster than hand spiking rail on individual wooden ties!
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Staging yard (cont)
Track laying (cont)
Last turnout install on far side.
8th staging track laid and only one section of the 9th as I ran out of track.
Next is electrical.
Big difference between the staging yard throat and Seattle's and St. Paul's yard. Staging yard throat only needs 45" to span to 9 tracks whereas the two mainline yards need 8.5 feet.
I failed to mention tools of the trade. Both by Xuron: excellent tools. I had another brand and they don't work nearly as well. Left one if for driving spikes and it has an indentation to hold spikes. The right one cuts the rail. The good side is perfectly flat and no distortion of the rail.