Gerwig chose the latter option, as it turned out to allow for less complex track construction.

Three million dollars' worth of bonds were issued in 1901 to support track construction.

The lift hill was topped off in December with track construction continuing through January of 1994.

However, track construction remained slow, and the company's business problems continued to grow.

This resulted in the track construction continuing as planned, while a station pit was built around them.

All told, it costs well over $100 a tie, said Gary Graves, director of track construction.

Emissions from track construction are not insignificant and are often overlooked.

This has fueled an unprecedented boom in track construction and expansion, with much of the capital coming from equity sales.

A core group of 60 workers was involved with track construction from June 2005 to December 2007.

Basic track construction was completed in November 2007 though fit-out and testing continued into 2008.