Rail Live Highlights part 2
This is the second part of the blog looking at some of the highlights from Rail Live 2016, you can find part 1 here . Heavyweight vacuum One of the many live demonstrations taking part throughout the 2 day event was that of Railcare's RailVac system. By now most people will be familiar with truck mounted vacuum excavation systems that are now common at sites in city centres wherever utility works are underway and space is limited. The RailVac RA7 ( or to give it's full title Ballast Vacuum Extraction System ) takes that to a whole new level, with a powerful rail mounted vacuum system capable of vacuuming rail ballast from in between sleepers with ease. The system can be used to excavate for re-ballasting S&C's ( switches and crossings ) and plain line, excavation of existing UTX's ( under track crossings ) or excavation to install new UTX's or simply to expose buried and broken drainage pipes. The operator at the controls of the mac