KiwiRail is ramping up its efforts to re-open the earthquake-damaged Main North Line, bringing over its heavy machinery from the North Island. The state-owned enterprise brought one of its ballast ...

Suppliers continue their R&D efforts to provide improved ballast maintenance solutions. Optimizing a ballast maintenance program requires equipment with improved reliability, expanded versatility and ...

Harsco Corp. on Tuesday announced new orders for railway track maintenance equipment from New Zealand and North America, expected to generate revenue of more than $13 million and add to Harsco Rail’s ...

A tamping machine or ballast tamper is a machine used to pack (or tamp) the track ballast under railway tracks to make the tracks more durable. The machine, costing about Rs 27 crore, is a latest high ...

A KiwiRail ballast tamper arrived in the South Island today (Wednesday) to assist in the restoration of the Main North Line (MNL) railway linking Christchurch and Picton. “The tamper, along with its ...

Mombasa, Kenya: Rail operator, Rift Valley Railways (RVR) has acquired new equipment aimed at booting safety and convenience of rail usage. RVR Trains Operations Manager for Eastern Region Josiah ...