Meaning of tamping machine | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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.”

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