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A ballast cleaner Matisa C330F in action on the Coastal Railway in Haifa, Israel. A ballast cleaner (also known as an undercutter, a shoulder ballast cleaning machine) is a machine that specialises in cleaning the railway track ballast (gravel, blue stone or other aggregate) of impurities. [1]
The Railway Supply Institute said in 2015 that Loram was "one of the leading suppliers of track maintenance machinery and services in North America and the global market". [2] Every Class I railroad in North America uses its equipment, and it is widely acknowledged to be the industry leader in grinding equipment. [6]
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A track crew in Louisiana adjusting a railroad track using lining bars, in 1939. The most fundamental maintenance of way task is the construction, repair, and replacement of the track and its supporting ballast and grade. In the early days of railroading, this task was almost entirely completed by manual labor.
General view of part of the rip tracks at the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill. April 1943. A RIP track, short for repair in place track, [1] [2] (also known as a "cripple track" in slang terms) is a designated track, or tracks, in a rail yard or a siding along a section of a main rail line where locomotives and/or railroad cars can be placed for ...
A ballast regulator (also known as a ballast spreader or ballast sweeper) is a piece of railway maintenance equipment used to shape and distribute the gravel track ballast that supports the ties in rail tracks. They are often used in conjunction with ballast tampers when maintaining track.
Handheld inspection devices are very useful for this when the track is used heavily because they can be removed relatively easily. However, they are considered very slow and tedious, when there are thousands of miles of track that need an inspection. Rail inspection cars and HiRail trucks are the answer to today's high mileage inspection needs ...