Howard ---
Those are great photos!.
That sunset shot is absolutely stunning! wow.....

Shortline Sammie wrote:
"great that someone still knows how to swing a spike
maul...almost a lost art!"
Dick Samuels

You are probably right, but -- please read this:
It's been some time -- more than 20 years -- but a
young man who was a part of the Earth Train staff came
to the GGRM when we were still at Hunter's Point and
helped us with track work. He was superb with a spike
mail -- hit the spike dead on every time! And, no, he
had never done that before! He said it was because he
was a baseball pitcher, and had to have very good eye-hand
coordination.