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Plasser and Theurer 09-3X-D-RT Ballast Tamper DR73117

Network Rail owned Plasser and Theurer 09-3X-D-RT diesel powered ballast tamper thingy DR73117 with a dynamic track stabiliser (DTS) at the rear in the loop at Ely Station in the County of Cambridgeshire (UK).

 

DR73117 was built at the Plasser and Theurer Linz Works Austria in 2007.

 

73117 in action youtu.be/wgNtUzNFFlY

 

All my tampers www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/tamper/

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamping_machine

 

Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.

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Uploaded on October 21, 2021
Taken on October 19, 2021