Alabama Great Southern Division of Southern recovered 180,000 usable crossties and 100,000 cu yd of good slag ballast from abandoned track for use in new Ernest Norris yard at Birmingham, Ala; equipment consisted of altered Drott skid loader mounted on TD-14 International Harvester tractor; loader has hydraulically controlled lift mechanism, originally devised for picking up corded pulpwood; ballast salvaging equipment. (see also Ry Eng and Maintenance v 47 n 11 Nov 1951 p 1010-13)


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    Title :

    Machines recover old ties and ballast


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 131 , n 20


    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English