I cannot even imagine doing that by hand, but it probably kept a lot of people working, given the times, that's how it was done then, they certainly did not know any different and neither would we, if we traded places. I find the old rail systems interesting, I worked at the D&H Colonie Shops just north of Albany NY, often in the 4 years I worked at the lumber yard, we used to get most of our stock off the rail cars, lumber on open cars and plwyood in box cars. It was sad as the shop was in its waning years, not much activity, but I did go inside any chance I got and saw locomotive engines apart, they still did some work there, I found some photos on the web of the place, sad to see its demise, thinking back I too worked there in a sense, at lunch I would roam around and explore, never saw anyone in there. I used to deliver lumber to the other large yard, which was the largest in the U.S, at one time, the Mechanicville D&H yard, which is completely gone. We had all these old business accounts, most of these places are now gone, 'cept a few. I remember the unbelievable number of trailer loads of ties they hauled off this place, a trucking outfit we used to deal with did the job, what a huge stack of ties they had at their place, all were for sale by the trailer load.
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