Item 14470 - Railraod Sectionmen Spreading Ballast, Littleton, 1956
- Item 14470 - Railraod Sectionmen Spreading Ballast, Littleton, 1956
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- Item 14470
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Image Info After the ballast train has dumped the fresh crushed stone to repair a poorly drained section of track the sectionmen spread the ballast before tamping.
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X400 is a multiple tamper which tamps crushed rock ballast firmly around ties...[eliminating] nearly all hand tamping. Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's magazine, "Maine Line," v. 4 #5, p. 13.
