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Posted: Mar 28 2018 (14:14)
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Mar 28 2018 (14:14) 16594/Hazur Sahib Nanded - KSR Bengaluru Express (PT)
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SteelCityRF^~ 27703 blog postsRegulation of trains due to Line Block for four days in a week i.e on Mon/Tue/Wed/Sat from 29-03-2018 to 29-05-2018 for Two months for BCM working between Yelahanka - Rajanukunte - Dodballapur in Baiyappanahalli - Dharmavaram Section
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BCM stands for Ballast Cleaning Machine. Info regarding BCM click here
Can you elaborate what this means? Will the concerned trains be delayed?
Yes, trains will be delayed as track will be occupied by Ballast Cleaning Machine.
A ballast cleaner / Ballast Cleaning Machine is a machine that specialises in cleaning the railway track ballast (gravel, blue stone or other aggregate) of impurities.
Over time, ballast becomes worn, and loses its angularity, becoming rounded. This hinders the tessellation of pieces of ballast with one another, and thus reduces its effectiveness. Fine pieces of granite, like sand, are also created by attrition, known simply as "fines". Combined with water in the ballast, these fines stick together, making the ballast like a lump of concrete. This hinders both track drainage and the flexibility of the ballast to constrain the track as it moves under traffic.
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Over time, ballast becomes worn, and loses its angularity, becoming rounded. This hinders the tessellation of pieces of ballast with one another, and thus reduces its effectiveness. Fine pieces of granite, like sand, are also created by attrition, known simply as "fines". Combined with water in the ballast, these fines stick together, making the ballast like a lump of concrete. This hinders both track drainage and the flexibility of the ballast to constrain the track as it moves under traffic.
Ballast...
more...