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    Rail construction involves six main stages: (1) building embankments and bridges to form the rail foundation; (2) laying concrete sleepers along the alignment using a front-end loader; (3) placing steel rail tracks on the sleepers and welding them together using flash butt-welding; (4) adding ballast rock to support the sleepers and tracks; (5) settling the tracks into place using a tamping machine; and (6) installing overhead mast and signaling equipment.

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    Rail construction involves six main stages: (1) building embankments and bridges to form the rail foundation; (2) laying concrete sleepers along the alignment using a front-end loader; (3) placing steel rail tracks on the sleepers and welding them together using flash butt-welding; (4) adding ballast rock to support the sleepers and tracks; (5) settling the tracks into place using a tamping machine; and (6) installing overhead mast and signaling equipment.

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    Rail construction involves six main stages: (1) building embankments and bridges to form the rail foundation; (2) laying concrete sleepers along the alignment using a front-end loader; (3) placing steel rail tracks on the sleepers and welding them together using flash butt-welding; (4) adding ballast rock to support the sleepers and tracks; (5) settling the tracks into place using a tamping machine; and (6) installing overhead mast and signaling equipment.

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    Rail construction involves six main stages: (1) building embankments and bridges to form the rail foundation; (2) laying concrete sleepers along the alignment using a front-end loader; (3) placing steel rail tracks on the sleepers and welding them together using flash butt-welding; (4) adding ballast rock to support the sleepers and tracks; (5) settling the tracks into place using a tamping machine; and (6) installing overhead mast and signaling equipment.

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    Track Construction

    Example of ‘flash butt-welding’

    Diagram of a typical rail foundation

    MAST

    RAIL
    BALLAST SLEEPER
    BALLAST

    TRACK FOUNDATION

    NATURAL GROUND

    Rail construction is completed over six major stages which include:


    A front end loader with a sleeper ‘grab’ attachment
    Stage one - Embankment and bridge construction – Much of the Moreton Bay
    Rail alignment will be built on earth embankment which will form the rail
    foundation (see image below). Bridges and culverts are needed to carry the
    rail line over existing roads and water courses and station facilities.

    Stage two - Laying concrete sleepers – concrete rail sleepers are placed along
    the rail alignment as a base support for the rail. Sleepers are positioned by a
    front end loader with a sleeper ‘grab’ attachment which picks up a set of sleepers
    and lays them in the configuration for the rail tracks to then be attached.

    Stage three - Laying the rail tracks – the steel rail is placed on top of the concrete
    sleepers and clipped into place by either a track mountable machine or by hand.
    The rail is then welded together using ‘flash butt-welding’ which melts two rail
    pieces together forming a seamless rail track.

    Stage four - Ballast – ballast is a specific type of rock used for supporting the
    sleepers and rail track, keeping them in place while trains run. A ballast machine
    rides the new tracks and places the ballast over the sleepers and between the
    tracks.

    Stage five - Settling the rail – a track mountable machine called a tamping
    machine rides along the new track, lifting the tracks, to then vibrate the ballast
    into place. It then sets the track into its final position. This method is repeated
    numerous times to ensure the rail line settles and is ready for operation.

    Stage six - Installing over-head equipment – masts are installed along the rail
    alignment to support the equipment which provides electricity to operate trains.
    Signalling structures are also installed along the rail route.

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