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| Engineers at Mombasa port load a high capacity railway track ballast tamper and ballast profiler machines imported by Rift Valley Railways. The machines can restore design specifications increasing speed from 35km per hour to 65km per hour. [Photo: Kelvin Karani] |
By Philip Mwakio
Mombasa, Kenya: Rail operator, Rift Valley Railways (RVR) has acquired new equipment aimed at booting safety and convenience of rail usage. RVR Trains Operations Manager for Eastern Region Josiah Nyarangi, said on Thursday in Mombasa that the machines — a ballast tamper and ballast profiler machines imported from Austria and can restore a kilometre of track per hour to the technically correct design specifications.
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