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  • The Railway Magazine

    WAGON REPORT

    Jul 01, 2018 2 minutes
    by S F Lappage

    RAILVAC machines are now a common sight on Network Rail lines. Built in Sweden by Railcare Group AB they are formally known as BVES (or ballast vacuum extraction system), though colloquially sometimes the term ‘rail elephant’ is used.

    The system allows ballast, clay, gravel

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