The core element of this construction project is the RM 900 HD-100 ballast cleaning machine of Colas Rail: this machine is designed to achieve cleaning outputs of 900m³ per hour. At the start of the ...

A couple of strips of steel, some wooden ties and gravel ballast to keep ... the true complexity of a railway, where even just keep keeping the trains on the track can be a daunting task.

Machines and technology, together with armies of workers, are creating the future of rail travel in South East Queensland ...

Work to clear weeds from a heritage railway line in Dorset has been carried out with the help of specialist equipment.A Multi ...

At Garve, engineers will remove the units which make up the ‘road surface’ of the crossing to thoroughly inspect the full ...

The Northern train, with four passengers and four ... is that a hole was formed in the track – or just underneath the track – in the ballast and the earth underneath. “As a result of that ...

The core element of the High Output Ballast Cleaning System No. 5 (HOBCS 5) is composed of the RM 900 ballast cleaning machine and the 09-2X / CM tamping and consolidating machine. Apart from ...

The work of laying tracks has commenced on the new local train corridor between Karjat and Panvel in the Mumbai Metropolitan ...

It was never going to be realistic to expect treated ballast water to have zero viable organisms on discharge. The G8 guidelines that define the type approval process for ballast water treatment ...

A new £116million railway line has reopened in Scotland to reconnect communities that had gone without the crucial link for ...

The A835 in Scotland is set for a closure in September and October as upgrade work takes place on the level crossing in Garve ...

The train is usually deployed by Network Rail ... that grow along the track is a key part of that activity as stone track ballast, free of weeds, enables water to quickly drain away," he added.