Tag Olson of BNSF Railway cleans out the nooks and crannies of a super gopher under cutter Thursday in Cape Girardeau. The gopher cuts mud out from under the railroad track, which then is filled in with rock. The railway is putting in a new switch point and stop-rail package in the area near Red Star Access.
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