KiwiRail is ramping up its efforts to re-open the earthquake-damaged Main North Line, bringing over its heavy machinery from the North Island. The state-owned enterprise brought one of its ballast ...

A tamping machine or ballast tamper is a machine used to pack (or tamp) the track ballast under railway tracks to make the tracks more durable. The machine, costing about Rs 27 crore, is a latest high ...