Nearly done.

The new track surface is nearing completion and it has been quite fascinating to watch the men working on it.

Looking at the picture, all three have checked that the 'best edge' will be uppermost, that the knots are running the right way and aren't in the way of the nails.

The furthest man has butted the new lathe into position and waits for the nearest one [to the camera] to tap the lathe towards him. The first then hammers the first nail sideways to the lathe below. As the middle man also commences nailing, the nearest one has already 'eyed up' the cut point and make the cut across the new lathe so the joint will straddle the mid point on the truss below.

Five teams of two or three men constantly 'circling' the track in a clockwise direction, each one adding a lathe to butt to the previous one. Each piece is in place in a matter of seconds and the men move to the next piece of wood.