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Ballast cleaning removes this worn ballast, screens it and replaces the "dirty" worn ballast with fresh ballast. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The advantage of ballast cleaning is that it can be done by an on-track machine without removing the rail and sleepers , and it is therefore cheaper than a total excavation.
On the London Underground, fluffers or track cleaning teams are people employed to clean the tracks in the tunnels. [1] [2] The passage of the trains through the tunnels draws in dust and rubbish, and removing this debris is essential to maintain the safety of the Underground, as it would otherwise create a fire hazard.
Track cleaning unit: Never purchased: R14: Passenger cars 5803–5952 American Car & Foundry 1949 Retired, 5871 preserved, 5944 in work service R15: 5953–5999, 6200–6252 1950 Retired, 6239 preserved
They are used to transport loose solid bulk commodities such as coal, ore, grain, and track ballast. [2] [3] [4] Plastic pellets and some finely ground material, similar to flour, are transported in hopper cars that have pneumatic unloading. The bottom gates on the pneumatic hoppers connect to a hose attached to industrial facilities' storage ...
Railbox Company (reporting marks ABOX, FBOX, RBOX, TBOX), founded in 1974, is a North American boxcar pooling company, and a subsidiary of the North Carolina–based TTX Company. [1] It was created to address a boxcar shortage in the United States in the 1970s.
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A track geometry car (also known as a track recording car) is an automated track inspection vehicle on a rail transport system used to test several parameters of the track geometry without obstructing normal railroad operations. Some of the parameters generally measured include position, curvature, alignment of the track, smoothness, and the ...
A gondola car built by the South Australian Railways in the 1920s to an American Car and Foundry design. In North American railroad terminology, [note 1] a gondola car or gondola is typically an open-topped railroad car used for transporting loose bulk materials, although general freight was also carried in the pre-container era.