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Re: Cleaning Ballast - Why do they need to do this?
- Subject: Re: Cleaning Ballast - Why do they need to do this?
- From: Patrick Dunford <patrick_dunford@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:35:59 +1200
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- Newsgroups: aus.rail,misc.transport.rail.australia-nz
- Organization: http://patrick.dunford.com/
- References: <37C20D07.3C95C082@ozemail.com.au> <37c23be3.17935577@news.alphalink.com.au> <7ptfmi$32l$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <7quqbi$43k$1@lios.apana.org.au>
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Behold, on 6 Sep 1999 08:20:34 +1000 in
misc.transport.rail.australia-nz:<7quqbi$43k$1@lios.apana.org.au>, C. Dewick
(craigd@lios.apana.org.au) didst uttereth:
>In <7ptfmi$32l$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin
GORDON) writes:
>
>>The requirement for Ballast is to keep the track bed dry and the sleepers
dry.
>>For concrete sleepers this donsn't realy matter, but you still need to keep
the
>>track bed dry and free of water. Ballast is a good way of doind this, but
if
>>the ballast is dirty then the water will not drain away.
Dirty ballast would also be more likely to grow weeds though whether this has
any bearing I do not know.
snip
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Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ
http://patrick.dunford.com/
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