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Ballast shoulders

By 2007-06-01T08:07:00

Sir - The article 'Alliances deliver on performance and cost' (RG 6.04 p353) regarding the maintenance of standard gauge trunk lines in Australia mentions five critical elements of the track structure which must be harmonised to ensure predictable behaviour of the track.

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