C&NW ATTACKS THE TOUGH SPOTS

The production use of a ballast undercutter/cleaner on the Chicago and North Western and the machine's use in conjunction with the installation of a stabilizer fabric between the ballast section and subgrade where it is difficult to keep water away from the track is discussed. C&NW used Mirafi 140, made of two types of continuous filament fibers--one wholly polypropylene and the other a polypropylene core covered with a nylon sheath. This sheath acts to filter fine soil particles from contaminating material above the material and to support the track on the subgrade.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1976-10

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 47-48
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast mats; Fabrics; Maintenance of way; Mud pumps; Polymers
• Old TRIS Terms: Ballast cleaning; Mud pumping; Track maintenance equipment
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147593
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM