RM80 92U Track Ballast Cleaner. These high tech marvels are very capable. Vyasnagar, near Varanasi, 2005-03-10. By Samit Roychoudhury.

A Plasser Duomatic 8022 tie tamping machine used for track maintenance. Vyasnagar, near Varanasi, 2005-03-10. By Samit Roychoudhury.

An inspection trolley makes its way past the signal cabin. Vyasnagar, Varanasi, 2005-03-10. By Samit Roychoudhury.

Details of a push trolley. the spike like device acts as a cowcatcher, and clears pebbles etc off the tracks. Vyasnagar, near Varanasi, 2005-03-10. By Samit Roychoudhury.

A Plasser machine takes up one of the tracks at AII. By Vicky

A plasser machine at AII. By Vicky

This machine is called a UTV, which is essentially a self propelled crane for loading unloading permanent way material. The UTV can haul a loaded flat wagon also along with its camp coach, for the staff. Bangalore Cantonment, 07-04-2005. Pavan Kumar.

Dynamic Track Stabilizer: Imparts (enhanced) vibrations causing the track to consolidate faster after a maintenance operation like lifting/ screening etc. Bangalore Cantonment, 07-04-2005. Pavan Kumar.

Track Maintainence Machine moving light towards Pune. Khadki, 2005-04-19. .asHIsh.

A plasser track maintenance unit (#951) arrives at Turavur . We had to wait for 25 long minutes for this unit to arrive since the section ahead was a single line. Turavur (Between ALLP-ERS), 20/04/2005. Binai.K.Sankar.

Track maintenance machines. Shahabad, 6 Apr 2005. Jai Narayanan.

Maintainence Car at Kankavali. Kankavali, 1 April 05. Subhash Rao.

The view of the ballast cleaning machine - also visible is our Ravi Sundararajan - many thanks to him for the time he spent with me and for lending me his Canon A95 camera for the YPR session. Yesvantpur, 2005-06-30. Apurva (iti@vsnl.com).

While the Plasser machine on the left is ubiquitous ballast packer, the second machine is very much more interesting. The machine lifts the very rails + sleepers that it is standing on (at the free space between the two bogies) and drags a chain under the

Another view of the Carriage and Wagon shed. Yesvantpur, 2005-06-30. Apurva (iti@vsnl.com).