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Crewmen remove more debris and place tie-plates along the tracks.
The man on the far left is working on an electrical connection between two rails. With the spiker machines rattling away like machine-guns, but far behind the rest of the machines, one of the MOW workers walks back down the tracks to see what's holding them up. A couple of weeks after the tie replacement, a train came through dumping ballast on the track, forming a tall mound between the rails. As a part of the whole Coast Line project, several grade crossings were to be replaced. One of many bundles of old Coast Line crossties with a metal strap around it, ready to go.