Fall, 2002. – More progress made on the street trackage in Red Hook.
All track bending has been done manually with a –Buddha”
(track bending tool) with the help of a manually-cranked hydraulic
jack. The rail shown being bent is 110-lb. rail we salvaged from the
Lehigh Valley (slightly heavier than what is used on the subways
today). The heavier rail allows enough clearance for cobblestone paving
stones.

In the background the wrought iron fence that separated the street
trackage from the waterfront trackage (private right-of-way) was
removed with an acetylene torch.  It has been replaced with a
movable wrought iron gate. This was the last physical barrier
separating Phase I (private ROW) from Phase II (public street
trackage). The gate allows continuous passage along our entire
completed route.