The organization of labour was perfect.

The men were divided into gangs, each under a head man, and each having its own special work to do.

There were the men who unloaded the trucks, the labourers who did the earth work, and the more skilled hands who levelled it.

As fast as the trucks were emptied, gangs of men carried the sleepers forward, and laid them down roughly in position; others followed, and corrected the distance between each.
The rails were then brought along and laid down, with the fish plates, in the proper places; men put these on, and boys screwed up the nuts.
Then plate layers followed and lined the rails accurately; and, when this was done, sand was thrown in and packed down between the sleepers.
By this division of labour, the line was pushed on from one to two miles a day, the camp moving forward with the line.

Six tank trucks brought up the water for the use of the labourers, daily, and everything worked with as much regularity as in a great factory at home.