For many years Illinois Central has made extensive and effective use of ballast diskers in gravel, chat and cinder ballasted track to stimulate free drainage, hold down weeds, and recondition shoulder ballast section generally; practices on this road, equipment used, organization involved, and procedures that are followed under varying conditions, are described.


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    Title :

    Dicers -- Keep ballast open on Illinois Central


    Additional title:

    Ry Eng Maintenance


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1944


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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