Welcome back to the our channel for a feature about the measures taken to maintain rail tracks as well as propellers of ships with the help of machines and robotics. The machine for spreading the ballast on the track ,called a ballast regulater the ballast witch has been run by a ballast train down the middle of the track the regulater spreads the ballast across and on both sides of the tr ack And the funnel run cleans the excess from the top of the track ties ,for won't of a better word a rotating broom with Brussels 50mil in diammitaer and grads both sides of the track to profile with out rigger ploughs. The rail grading/ballast equipment; The company shown using it was Rio Tinto. They are a large mining company, mostly open pit mining.