Maintenance of Way

Availability Status New:   Yes Used:   Yes Lease   Financing:   Yes

Track laying and related track maintenance systems used by railroads falls under the category of "maintenance of way" equipment. This includes a variety of rail mounted machines used to repair the ties, ballast and rail of the track being worked. The production ballast tamper lifts track and "tamps" ballast under crossties with a light beam and laser alignment system to control the amount of track raised at each crosstie while the track is repositioned following the alignment system.

Features, Production Ballast Tamper, with Laser:

• Self propelled diesel powered unit
• Eight (8) electric tamper heads
• Three sensors control adjustments
• Sixteen (16) tamping tools
• Detroit diesel engine
• Useful life of 12-20 years

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