Craig Haber wrote in message <353D87D1.2979@harnessnet.com.au>...
>This (welded) track has been improved recently south of Werribee with
>sleeper renewal, tamping and laser aligning (and being a regular
>traveller, I can vouch for it's quality). Of the track north of
>Werribee, currently the points at Laverton have speed restrictions and I
>think are under repair, there's also trackwork happening as we speak
>between Newport and Altona Junction (late night trains running to
>altered times due to occupation), and in the past couple of months
>there's been heavy re-sleepering of both lines between Werribee and
>Newport.
I'm not too clued up when it comes to track maintenance - can someone care
to enlighten us as to what "tamping" and "laser aligning" does? Is it
something to do with packing down the ballast material to make the rails sit
better? (or should I say "sleep" better? ;) )
Thanks,
Reuben