Section gang photo.  One of the two men in the center not holding any tools is likely the foreman.  The man on the left is holding a spike maul that is used to hammer spikes into the ties.  The man second from the right (Theodore Mack of Webster) is holding a spike puller,  a long tool with a forked end used for removing spikes.
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