On 08-25-97 RICHARD HALL wrote to ALL... 
 
 RH> This past weekend the workmen were using a machine called an 
 RH> "undercutter". I picture something to replace ties but all the ties 
 RH> were replaced this last summer. Just what is an "undercutter"? 
this would be a ballast undercutter. Actually works into the ballast under 
the 
ties, shakes out the mud and crushed up stone and reshapes the ballast  
profile.  
 
  
  
  RH>  
 RH> Also, on every track and time issued, the last thing said is "joint 
 RH> with trains and maintenance away". Just what does this mean? 
That I can't help you with. Last part of that is probably "maintainence of 
way",  
my guess is that it means the trackk department has to work around the 
trains,  
ducking into sidings when traffic gets heavy. I'm not real familiar with 
that area, is it single tracked with passing sidings? Everything here is 
double 
track, so the track dept just takes one out of service which drives the  
dispatcher nuts.  
                                 K 
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