Most costly item in railway maintenance said to be packing of track (tamping); methods at present in use on London Midland Region; mechanical tamper, its merits and limitations; comparative tests with smaller "off-track" tampers; use of tampers for maintaining track with long welded rails; necessity of further research suggested. (See also - discussion p 191-9; Engineering v 181 n 4707 May 25 1956 p 407)


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    Title :

    Consolidation of ballast


    Additional title:

    Instn Civ Engrs -- Proc


    Contributors:
    White, I.G. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1956


    Size :

    21 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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