In extensive tests, new heavy duty locomotive propelled machine, called Ballastmaster, cleaned ballast on both track shoulders simultaneously to depth of 8 in. below ties at max daily rate of 6 mi in 6 hr of on-track time; illustrated description of machine introduced by Railway Ballast Engineers, Inc, Milwaukee, Wis, which is said to be capable of cleaning path of ballast 4 ft wide on both sides of track simultaneously, at speed of 1 mph.


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    Titel :

    Steam machine enters ballast-cleaning field


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Eng Maintenance


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1950


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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