Network Rail's Rock Solid Investment In New Ballast Cleaner

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 12, 2008 ;     412 words ......works this month by ordering a new ballast cleaning system. Built by Austrian rail engineering...typical midweek eight-hour night-shift. Ballast cleaning is essential for the safe running...time it takes to carry out important ballast cleaning work. It forms part of an exciting...

INVITING FOR BID

AsiaInfo Services;  June 5, 2001 ;     225 words ......0718CMCA-016008EN Name of Products/Equipment, Quantity, and Main technical data: 101: On track Full Section Undercutting Ballast Cleaning Machine, FOUR sets. 102: Track Lifting Lining Leveling and Tamping Machine, THREE sets. 103: Dynamic Track Stabilizer...

Cleaning work to affect rail traffic

The Hindustan Times;  May 24, 2007 ;     188 words ......remain affected on the Karchhana-Chheoki section for three hours from 12 noon on May 27, following work to be undertaken by ballast cleaning machine on the route. Similarly, traffic will also remain affected on the Allahabad-Kanpur section and the Karbigwan-Prempur-Sarsa...

INVITATION FOR BIDS: JING-JIU RAILWAY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT

AsiaInfo Services;  August 30, 1996 ;     151 words ......Enhancement Project to be financed with the proceeds of the Asian Development Bank Loan: IFB 1 On-Track Full Section Undercutting Ballast Cleaning Machine 2 Sets IFB 2 32-Tines Lifting Lining Leveling and Tamping Machine 7 Sets IFB 3 Dynamic Track Stabilizer 3 Sets...

Work starts on rail route to Ebbw Vale.(News)

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  September 28, 2006 ;     81 words ......following the closure of the Corus works in 2002. Andrew Davies, Minister for Enterprise, Innovation and Networks, was attending the event at Ebbw Vale where Seco Rail's ballast cleaning team will be in operation for the first time in the UK.

Amec on track with [pounds sterling]200m rail contract.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  January 17, 2003 ;     233 words ......taking maintenance work in-house in the future. The Amec job consists of Network Rail acquiring a new state-of-the-art ballast-cleaning and track-renewal engine, similar to the only other such machinery in the UK run by rival Jarvis, and contracting Amec...

INVITING FOR BIDDING

AsiaInfo Services;  June 25, 2001 ;     600 words ......bids from eligible bidders for the supply of the following Equipment: Package PE.01 On-track Full Section Undercutting Ballast Cleaning Machine (Two sets) Package PE.02 Rail Grinding Train (One set) Package PE.03 Continuous Action Track Lifting Leveling and...

Rajya Sabha -- Rail accidents due to human errors.

M2 Presswire;  March 10, 2000 ;     422 words ......sets have been supplied to Drivers and Guards of all trains; There has been progressive increase in use of Tie Tamping and ballast cleaning machines for track maintenance; For monitoring track geometry and running characteristics of the track, sophisticated track...

BATTELLE: 'SOFT TRENCHER' DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SAFER, MORE ECONOMICAL...

PR Newswire;  February 7, 1995 ;     693 words ......recovery, the soft trencher could be adapted with rail wheels for low speed operation along the tracks. It could be used for ballast cleaning between rails and tunnel operations. Also, the on-board conveyor makes it suitable for direct recovery of materials. The...

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION:ROBERT A. MATTHEWS

Congressional Testimony;  April 29, 1998 ;     700+ words ......company employees may operate maintenance-of-way equipment such as tampers, rail grinding machines, track geometry cars, and ballast cleaning systems. If the movement of this equipment is defined by FRA as a train movement, then these operators would also be covered...

NSW: Latest rail safety report damning of govt - oppn

AAP General News (Australia);  August 5, 2002 ;     328 words ......1.2 billion over the next five years improving the condition of country rail lines. Work will include the replacement of a timber bridge, renewing sleepers, re-railing, track grinding, and ballast cleaning. AAP nf/jmd/bwl KEYWORD: RAIL LEAD

Critics say ship ballast plan not strong enough

Capital (Annapolis);  March 30, 2004 ;     538 words ......mid-ocean, instead of in port, and to clean ballast water before discharging it. They would limit the number of organisms in the cleaned ballast to 10 organisms larger than 50 micrometers per cubic meter of water. For organisms between 10 and 50 micrometers, the limit...

Critics say proposed ship ballast limits will not halt invasive species.

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ......mid-ocean, instead of in port, and to clean ballast water before discharging it. They would limit the number of organisms in the cleaned ballast to 10 organisms larger than 50 micrometers per cubic meter of water. For organisms between 10 and 50 micrometers, the limit...