Removing the spikes and rails
Unfortunately some of the spikes need to come out by hand, especially those on the Spicket River Bridge.
Then the Excavator comes in and grabs a string of rails and pull them out of place. Shaking them like pick up sticks so they loosen up and fall onto the ground.
When they are loose, the bolts on the connector plates are heated and removed with a sledge hammer.
Once they are segmented the machine picks them up and stacks them for removal.
The other metal bits are collected into a dumpster for the scrap company,
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