Matisa automatic tamping machine for railway ties, manufactured by Materiel Industriel S. A. Lausanne, Switzerland, is being tested on LNER; machine is 4-wheel rail trolley which can travel from depot to site under its own power at speed of about 25 mph; it draws trailer consisting of shunting or parking platform; tamping mechanism is housed in pair of vertically-reciprocating tool frames operated by compressed air; 60-ft rail length of track can be tamped in 6 min.


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    Title :

    Automatic tamping machine


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1947


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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