Re: Cleaning Ballast - Why do they need to do this?

["michael ostrowski" <mfo@netwit.net.au>]

Thanks for the help in regard to the use of  sleepers/ties.I have seen the
word used often in Australia and I am not a yank so I will remain
unforgiven.(I thought that sleepers was more a layman's term and ties more a
tecnical description).

I have noticed on the line that sleeper relpacement will be done soon(from
paint marking on old sleepers). The track in question passes through a steep
cutting just outside of Orange. I wasn't sure from your reply if ballast
cleaning, or relaying of track would take place. But I would assume from
track condition and increasing  traffic using the line that maintenance work
like this would take place.
John MacCallum wrote in message <37C36BFA.703C5A19@MYlisp.com.au>...
>michael ostrowski wrote:
>>
>> There are sections of track just out of Orange on the Broken Hill line
that
>> have mud and water seeping up through the ballast and over the ties. When
it
>>
>Snip bye the way Michael if you are a yank I will forgive you
>for using the Misnomer, Ties.
>
>Ties does indeed make more sense than sleepers but this is
>Australia so they are Sleepers.
>
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