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Friends of the Valley Railroad member Brendan moves the track scarifier to the work location in Haddam.

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A look back along the tracks

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Unloading the tools at the work site

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Unloading the tools at the work site

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The start of the work site

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Filling in and tamping

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Filling in and tamping

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Tamping

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Tamping

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The view from the track scarifier

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Finishing the balast

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Brendan filling in around a newly installed tie

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Tamping a newly installed tie

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Finish grading and tamping

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Tools of the trade

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Tamping a newly installed tie

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Brendan beginning to insert a new tie

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Brendan sliding the tie into position

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Brendan finishing the tie insertion

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Filling in and tamping

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Leveling out the grade

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Moving ballast

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Tamping

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Inserting a new tie

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Inserting a new tie

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Leveling and tamping

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Leveling and tamping

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Tamping

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Inserting a new tie

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Inserting a new tie

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Clearing out the channel for a new tie

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Brendan beginning to insert a new tie

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Filling and tamping the new tie

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Inserting a new tie

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Centering the new tie on the rails

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Brendan operating the track scarifier

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Detail look at the track scarifier

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Track scarifier removing dirt from between ties

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Track scarifier under the sun

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Original track with new ties waiting to be inserted

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Detail look at the track scarifier

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Original track with new ties waiting to be inserted

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Track scarifier with the crew in the background

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Brendan operating the track scarifier

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Brendan operating the track scarifier

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The results of the scarifier

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Continuing north

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Continuing to clean up the tie insertions

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Continuing north