Vacuum cleaner of such size and power that it is capable of lifting stone ballast and foreign matter embedded in it from track to cleaning chamber mounted on car has been employed in renovating ballast on Philadelphia division of Pennsylvania. See also description in Ry. Eng. and Maintenance, vol. 21, no. 12, Dec. 1925, pp. 495-496, 2 figs.


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    Title :

    Vacuum cleaner renovates ballast on Pennsylvania


    Additional title:

    Ry. Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 79 , n 26


    Publication date :

    1925


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    2 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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