To keep the railway yard dry, the ballast used is

Related MCQs

• The ballast thrown around the sleepers and loosely filled on slopes is called boxing of ballast.
• The railway sleepers should act as elastic medium between the rails and the ballast.
• The chief function of providing ballast in the railway track is
• Sand may be used as ballast for
• The nominal size of ballast used for points and crossings is
• The ballast material generally used on Indian railways consist of
• The size of ballast used on Indian railways for wooden sleepers is
• The size of ballast used on Indian railways for steel sleepers is
• The size of ballast used on Indian railways under points and crossings is 25 mm.
• For even distribution of load through ballast, load dispersal is assumed as