Building the trolley line in Red Hook, Phase II. Recent progress  has seen us “spike up” two more  blocks of track. Soon we will  begin bending rails for the  curved sections; the interface  with Phase One and the corner of  Conover Street and Reed  Street.

Swinging a maul to set a
spike.

Setting a spike.

Making sure the ties are
seated in dirt.

Newly spiked rail.

Setting a “fishplate”
or joint-bar.

Using a mechanical jack
to muscle rails into place.

Volunteers checking over
their work.

Double checking measurements.

Using a mecanical jack to
nudge a rail into position.

Tightening the bolts on
a fishplate joint.

Wow! All that new track!

Using a gage bar to make
sure the distance between rails is constant.

One volunteer is keeping
the tie seated against the rail while the spike is driven home by another.