Track Maintenance Vehicles
Some sort of track repair or maintenance equipment. Veer, 2005-02-13. By Binai.K.Sankar.
A plasser Track maintenance machine at. Kudal, 2005-02-18. By Binai.K.Sankar.
Track ( rather point ) laying Machines on a Flat at Alnavar. Alnavar, 05-Mar-2005. By Naveen Jain.
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).
A view of the carriage & wagon shed that homes many other interesting beasts. Yesvantpur, 2005-06-30. Apurva (iti@vsnl.com).
Seen at Pune Jn for the first time. The painted text on this crane from Ameca Engineering is wrong - this is a *jib* crane whose details can be found on this page. Pune Jn., ...
The track laying machine has enough space to hold a crain, and some barrels of oil. Alwaye, 2005-07-25, Jimmy Jose
Track laying and conditioning unit. Wallajabad, near Kanchipuram, TamilNadu, July 31, 2005. Prasanna Padmanabhan.
Track laying equipments, designated TLE 21 and TLE 22 belonging to SR being transported on flat beds. 2005-08-20. Jimmy Jose.
Track Tamping Machine (TTM) in action at Udhna Yard Down Main Line. The Tamping tools are visible to the right of the man standing on the track. The jaws are partially inserted into the ballast. This loosens up the ballast for the subsequent steps. Bhusav
This is a much clearer picture. The operator's cab is visible to the left of the man standing on the tracks. The Tamping operation is controlled by this operator. Below the cab and to its right is a hook which is used to grip and lift the track. This ensu
In this picture the jaws of the Tamping Tools are completely inserted into the ballast. After the jaws have been inserted, they are pressed togather which compresses the ballast under the sleeper. Bhusaval, August 2005, Khalid Kagzi.
In this picture the jaws have been withdrawn. Bhusaval, August 2005, Khalid Kagzi.