FVRR Track Gang
Friends of the Valley Railroad member Brendan moves the track scarifier to the work location in Haddam.
A look back along the tracks
Unloading the tools at the work site
The start of the work site
Filling in and tamping
Tamping
The view from the track scarifier
Finishing the balast
Brendan filling in around a newly installed tie
Tamping a newly installed tie
Finish grading and tamping
Tools of the trade
Brendan beginning to insert a new tie
Brendan sliding the tie into position
Brendan finishing the tie insertion
Leveling out the grade
Moving ballast
Inserting a new tie
Leveling and tamping
Clearing out the channel for a new tie
Filling and tamping the new tie
Centering the new tie on the rails
Brendan operating the track scarifier
Detail look at the track scarifier
Track scarifier removing dirt from between ties
Track scarifier under the sun
Original track with new ties waiting to be inserted
Track scarifier with the crew in the background
The results of the scarifier
Continuing north
Continuing to clean up the tie insertions
