A Detailed Look at a Track Tamper

On October 5, 2011, Norfolk Southern's office car special will be coming down the Sandusky Dsitrict. The train will have the railroad's president on board and preparation for the event is well underway. Here you can see a track tamper leveling the track by raising it 1 1/4 inch. The mechanism on the front lets the rest of machine know how much a certain section of track needs to be raised. Then, a claw picks up the rail and ties and spikes poke down into the ballast, pushing it under the track. Once the tamper completed its job, a ballast regulator came through to smooth out the rocks.
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