What is this thing? It air conditioned and initially i thought it was some kind of excavator coming on rails. Spotted at Calicut. (Deepak)

Date: 2012-01-26
Owner: Deepak Murali
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Make Canon Model Canon EOS 1000D
Aperture Value f/5.7 Color Space sRGB
Exposure Program Manual Flash No Flash
ISO 400 Metering Mode Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value 1/390 sec Date/Time 2012 Jan 26 16:32:29 +0000
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Most likely, a ballast compactor, which creates a proper shoulder of the ballast (The ballast spreads away from the rails, over a period of time).
Posted by Ashish Kuvelkar on 2012 Jan 31 16:53:44 +0000
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