Louisiana: at Lafayette. Rail workers are sawing off rail tracks and fusing two pieces of steel into one to achieve smoother tracks with less resistance. Shots of the interior of the welding machine. Metal ground smooth. Rail removal engine moves along the tracks, followed by the rail track laying gang. Excellent shots of railway track replacement. Spike driving gang secures the rails to the track. Train runs along the replacement track.
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