Tamping machine
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Tamping machine
Image: © Bob Harvey Taken: 13 Jul 2022
Operated by Swietelsky Babcock Rail (SBRail) DR93109 is a Plasser and Theurer 09-3X-RT Tamper, one of two similar on the network (the other is 93110). The manufacturer refers to this as designed for "3-sleeper tamping for short track possessions". What this means can be seen in the publicity videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM5NTOwt0zw and https://www.plassertheurer.com/en/machine/track-tamping-machines/09-3x-dynamic-e3 . Seen here in the permanent way depot near Stafford.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.800987
Longitude
-2.119803