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Derailments on soft or uneven track. How come?
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A local branch in my area has a good number of mud-pumping joints. Ballast is a mix of gravel, crushed rock, pea gravel, and mud. <br /> <br />For the past 20 years that I've noticed, the railroad dumps new ballast between the rails after tie change-outs. Then machines come in to groom the ballast. After all is said and done, the new ballast is shoved off onto the shoulders of the track where it doesn't seem to do anything, and the muddy, pumping joints remain as before. (?!!) <br /> <br />I don't get it.
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