NEW TAMPER EMPHASIZES VERSATILITY

It is reported that the machine described raises, lines and tamps track out of face, performs spotting work and tamps through switches. The special feature of the Model 2600 is the tamping tools which are mounted on two work heads, eight tools to each head. The eight tools comprising each workhead are mounted in pairs and each pair has a motor for imparting vibration to the ballast at high frequency.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20-21
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maintenance of way; Tamping
• Old TRIS Terms: Tampers
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046881
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1976 12:00AM