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Ballast tampers

Use tines to pick ballast under and around the sleepers - 'lift and 'line' the track, correcting faults by packing 'tamping' under the sleepers

McConnell Dowell ballast tamper Z025/085 stabled at Caulfield

Sunday 26 November 2023 4:17 PM
Viewed 18 times
(1 time this month, 18 times this year)

Downer ballast tamper TA004

Wednesday 25 October 2023 3:41 PM
Viewed 27 times
(5 times this month, 27 times this year)

Trolley with optical sensors, allowing the tamper to set the track alignment.

Wednesday 25 October 2023 3:41 PM
Viewed 19 times, 19 times this year)

Acciona Harsco Mark VI ballast tamper 70035 stabled at the McConnell Dowell depot at McIntyre

Friday 28 July 2023 1:20 PM
Viewed 31 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 31 times this year)

Taylor Rail 09-2X ballast tamper stabled at Cootamundra

Friday 30 September 2022 9:08 AM
Viewed 256 times
(2 times this week, 41 times this month, 218 times this year)

Ballast tamper 41210 6-52-001 stabled at Kyneton

Saturday 17 September 2022 1:36 PM
Viewed 31 times, 11 times this year)

Ballast tamper 41210 6-52-001 stabled at Kyneton

Saturday 17 September 2022 1:35 PM
Viewed 35 times
(1 time this month, 20 times this year)

John Holland ballast tamper being moved by road along the Western Ring Road

Saturday 7 November 2020 10:14 AM
Viewed 295 times, 10 times this year)

John Holland ballast tamper being moved by road along the Western Ring Road

Saturday 7 November 2020 10:06 AM
Viewed 356 times
(2 times this month, 11 times this year)

Laing O'Rourke 6700SJ2 ballast tamper TAMP015 stabled at Paisley

Tuesday 9 June 2020 12:07 PM
Viewed 727 times
(2 times this month, 92 times this year)

McConnell Dowell ballast tamper z025/103 parked in their depot at McIntyre

Sunday 17 November 2019 10:51 AM
Viewed 523 times
(1 time this month, 10 times this year)

Coupler and air brake connections on the end of Plasser tamper 41229

Monday 4 November 2019 3:23 PM
Viewed 449 times
(1 time this month, 12 times this year)

Laing O'Rourke operated Jackson 6700SJ2 ballast tamper TAMP015 at the Metro Infrastructure Siding at Paisley

Tuesday 14 May 2019 2:02 PM
Viewed 945 times
(2 times this month, 80 times this year)

McConnell Dowell ballast tamper z025/021 parked in their depot at McIntyre

Friday 15 February 2019 3:58 PM
Viewed 652 times
(1 time this month, 7 times this year)

Ballast tamper at the John Holland track machine compound at Spotswood

Sunday 20 January 2019 8:27 AM
Viewed 854 times
(3 times this month, 8 times this year)

Harsco Mark VI ballast tamper stabled in the turntable road at Bacchus Marsh

For use on the Ballarat line upgrade

Wednesday 22 August 2018 5:40 PM
Viewed 1193 times
(2 times this month, 56 times this year)

McConnell Dowell ballast tamper stabled at Tottenham Yard

Thursday 29 October 2015 6:21 PM
Viewed 1335 times
(1 time this month, 0 times this year)

ARTC ballast tamper TJ082 at Junee

Monday 16 May 2011 4:55 PM
Viewed 2485 times
(2 times this month, 0 times this year)

Rear view of Front view of Plasser and Theurer 09 32 CSM ballast tamper

Sunday 30 August 2009 11:42 AM
Viewed 1816 times
(5 times this month, 0 times this year)

Front view of Plasser and Theurer 09 32 CSM ballast tamper

Sunday 30 August 2009 11:41 AM
Viewed 3454 times
(1 time this week, 14 times this month, 2 times this year)

Side view of Front view of Plasser and Theurer 09 32 CSM ballast tamper

Sunday 30 August 2009 11:40 AM
Viewed 3473 times
(10 times this month, 1 time this year)

Rear trailer of Plasser and Theurer 09 32 CSM ballast tamper

Sunday 30 August 2009 11:40 AM
Viewed 3191 times
(2 times this month, 0 times this year)

Main unit of Plasser and Theurer 09 32 CSM ballast tamper, operated by John Holland, coded 41264

Sunday 30 August 2009 11:40 AM
Viewed 5044 times
(2 times this week, 7 times this month, 2 times this year)

Viewed 8992 times (1 time this week, 9 times this month, 20 times this year)