Best ballast contains stones varying in size from

Related MCQs

• The ballast thrown around the sleepers and loosely filled on slopes is called boxing of ballast.
• Minimum depth of ballast cushion for a Broad Gauge wooden sleeper of size 275 × 25 × 13 cm with 75 cm sleeper spacing is
• For metal sleepers with rounded edges, maximum size of ballast, is
• For points and crossings, maximum size of ballast, is
• For flat bottom sleepers, maximum size of ballast, is
• The nominal size of ballast used for points and crossings is
• 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.
• To provide maximum stability to the track, graded stones from