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    A ballast regulator (also known as a ballast spreader or ballast sweeper) is a piece of railway maintenance equipment used to shape and distribute the...
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    Track ballast is the material which forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (UK: sleepers) are laid. It is packed between, below, and around the ties...
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    frequently work in concert with ballast regulators, as part of a section crew. In the early days of railroading, the ballast was maintained by hand, with...
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    Railway gun Troop sleeper Adzer/Cribber Anchor machine Ballast cleaner Ballast regulator Ballast tamper Catenary maintenance vehicle Clearance car Comboliner...
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    An electrical ballast is a device placed in series with a load to limit the amount of current in an electrical circuit. A familiar and widely used example...
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  • acquired the Plant division of Carillion Rail, comprising 12 tampers, three regulators, one locomotive, one 125T Kirow Crane, 16 switch-handling units (Pem/Lem)...
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    copying or leveling, a ballast tamper will be used to make final adjustments to the track to the correct specification. A ballast regulator will then be used...
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    A diving regulator or underwater diving regulator is a pressure regulator that controls the pressure of breathing gas for underwater diving. The most commonly...
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  • Specialized flatcars Transporter wagon Non-revenue equipment Ballast cleaner Ballast regulator Brake van Caboose Clearance car Crane Crew car Excavator Rail...
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  • performs the initial alignment of the track. Next, a ballast regulator distributes the ballast evenly. Finally, a dynamic vibrator machine shakes the...
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    those that do not derive income for the railroad. They include: ballast regulator ballast tamper barrier vehicle or match wagon, with a different coupler...
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    a wide variety of machines, including ballast regulators, track renewal trains, track laying machines, ballast cleaners, and track measuring vehicles...
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    Specialized flatcars Transporter wagon Non-revenue equipment Ballast cleaner Ballast regulator Brake van Caboose Clearance car Crane Crew car Excavator Rail...
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  • DCR01–DCR08 MTA (in-house) 1989 Retired R124 Ballast tampers cars TP231–TP233 In service R125 Model PBR-550 ballast regulator cars BR002–BR003 Plasser Presumed retired...
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  • power-down (negative-going) thresholds. Typical usages include: Electrical ballast circuits to switch them off in the event of voltage falling below the operational...
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    adjustment and packing of ballast by hand using shovels and ballast forks was replaced by a tamping machine and ballast regulator. Railroad cranes took over...
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  • geometry car MERMEC Roger 600 2023 Plasser American Ballast and switch tamper Nordco Ballast Regulator Shuttlewagon SWX Series Railcar mover Shuttlewagon...
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    Michael Nash was struck and killed by a ballast regulator, a track unit that deposits and spreads track ballast onto the track bed. The incident occurred...
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  • may be separately controlled and adjusted. This arrangement enables the ballast flow to be controlled or stopped. Lousy paint job. Ghosts of old numbers...
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    stabilisers, single line track relayers, drain suckers, ballast cleaners, Ballast Regulators, Rail Grinders, Overhead Line MPVs and the Track inspection...
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    wedge plow to clear the tracks. Ballast regulators, machines designed to shape the profile of the crushed stone ballast that anchors the track in place...
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  • ballast conveyor car, on-track sand remover, production switch tamper, ballast regulator, speed swing, sleeper crane, sleeper insert /remover, flash butt welder...
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    Scuba set (redirect from Regulator necklace)
    each breath is delivered at ambient pressure, on demand, by a diving regulator, which reduces the pressure from the storage cylinder. The breathing gas...
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  • to finally give its wagons a permanent home. In August 2022, a complete ballast train composed of three hoppers and a plough van were delivered to the...
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  • specialized railroad construction equipment such as tie inserters, ballast regulators, Mark III and Mark IV tampers and other heavy machinery. San Diego...
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    components. Ballast regulators - Distributes ballast to a desired shape and position. ballast tampers - tamps or levels and compacts ballast to make the...
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    references for more advanced voltage regulator circuits. Shunt regulators are simple, but the requirements that the ballast resistor be small enough to avoid...
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  • sand from the line that blew into the line's right-of-way with a ballast regulator and ran a high-tech Holland Track Geometry Hi-Rail truck on the Desert...
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    variety of maintenance of way vehicles, including tie exchangers, ballast regulators, spike drivers, spike pullers, and tie cranes. The company also manufactures...
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    Cylinders provide gas to the diver through the demand valve of a diving regulator or the breathing loop of a diving re-breather. Diving cylinders are usually...
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