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 ...
RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2023 ISSUE: High-production, computer-driven track machines and inspection vehicles perform one of the most critical of maintenance-of-way functions: keeping ballast in a ...
RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2024 ISSUE: Suppliers continue to innovate and improve maintenance technology that optimizes the life and performance of ballast and the overall track bed. Ballast is dumped, ...
Network Rail has placed an order worth £41.7m with Austria’s Plasser and Theurer for an 800m, 3,200 tonne High Output Ballast Cleaner. Network Rail claims the machine, the third such system to operate ...
Commuters and rail users could be in for months of mayhem when an 800-metre-long monster cleaning machine engulfs the region's tracks. The £41.7m High Output Ballast Cleaner (HOBC), which belongs to ...