TRACK-BED SURFACING BY PNEUMATIC INJECTION OF BALLAST

A new approach to improving track geometry maintenance practice without disturbing the already consolidated track-bed has been under trial by BR Research in collaboration with the Director of Civil Engineering. The technique is to blow pre-measured quantities of ballast under each sleeper, the group moving along sleeper by sleeper. Ahead, a rail-mounted measuring bar with electronic inclinometer determines the longitudinal profile, and sleeper lifts are then determined in terms of stone quantity and passed back to the stone-blowing machine group for implementation.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 55-56
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Railroads); Consolidation; Maintenance of way; Railroad tracks; Structural design
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ballasting; Track geometry
• Old TRIS Terms: Ballast consolidation; Pneumatic injection; Track maintenance equipment
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00370324
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1983 12:00AM