Use of new portable car-shaking machine at Illinois Central for unloading ballast is described; ballast residue in unloaded car is vibrated out of hopper doors as ballast flows from following car and is spread; safety hazards are also reduced by eliminating need for having men in hopper cars.
Portable car shaker speeds ballast unloading
Ry Track Structures
Railway Track and Structures ; 60 , n 11
1964
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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