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after 50 years in the hobby, hand laying is still my preference. while in the navy in san francisco, ca, i joined the Golden Gate Club, Yes it is still there. All the track was hand laid including all turnouts, cross overs, etc. any thing made of rail was built. we had a great bunch of scratch builders and very good teachers. we would use 3 sections of rail soldered together, yes a 9 foot piece to spike down. also hand laid ties made on a jig for 3 foot strips, glued, sanded, restained then rail put on. a very long straight edge was used and a tramel used for curves. took a long time to do, but any problems were because of the equipment not the track work. however i now use flex track for speed on modules but have entertained the notion of going back to hand lay. your effort and pride in your workmanship will get you raves. of course i now spend my time in florida and our club has a modular layout about 100' x 30' we take to train shows and meets.
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