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Meaning of tamping machine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A self-propelled rail-mounted machine used to pack or tamp ballast under railway tracks; a ballast tamper.

Equivalents

Bahasa Indonesia mesin pecok

Examples

“By 1958, there will be available for service 100 ballast tamping machines and 16 ballast cleaning machines.”
“The BRB has ordered from Plasser & Theurer, through Plasser Railway Machinery (GB) Ltd., a total of 27 Plassermatic VKR-05-E hydraulic track levelling and tamping machines with electronic-beam levelling units.”
“A near-miss between a tamping machine and a passenger train at Balham Junction on April 20 2019 was caused by a lack of information, lack of querying instructions and poor safety-critical communications.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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