Ballast maintenance is a crucial part of right-of-way upkeep, which is why railroads are committed to cleaning, undercutting and adding new ballast continually and why RT&S features it twice a year. Over the past year, Balfour Beatty Rail, a division of Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., has enhanced its on-track inspection capabilities with the addition of a new line-scan trackbed imaging system. "We've installed the systems on our fleet of Railroad Asset Scanning Cars (RASCs)," explained Lynn Houser, business development manager. "The outputs from the line-scan system offer railroads a range of information they can use for engineering and asset identification, as well as management applications. Examples include ballast surface condition and fouling, rail identification, tie inspection and other track appurtenances."
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