Cleaner is self propelled ontrack unit; on each side of machine is bucket type ballast elevator terminating at lower end in rotary ballast cutter drum which loosens ballast and delivers it to elevator buckets; two elevators, with cutting drums, are lifted and lowered by air cylinders; main power plant consists of 100-hp gasoline or Diesel engine.


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    Title :

    New pullman-standard ballast cleaner


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 127 , n 9


    Publication date :

    1949


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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    Elsevier | 1984





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