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Maintenance of way (typically abbreviated when M of Way, Haymow or even MW) refers to the maintenance of railroad rights of way. It may include procedures from either a initial grading of the best of way to its general upkeep & eventual disassembly.

Maintenance equipment
When by using any construction or even maintenance act, M of Way act has its have placed of specialised devices.

Ballast gondolas and hoppers Ballast regulator Clearance car Crane Crew car Ditcher Dynamometer car Flanger Handcar HiRail truck Inspection locomotive (obsolete, replaced by speeders & hirail trucks) Pile driver Rail grinder Rotary snowplow Scale test car Speeder Spiker Spreader Tamper Tie inserter Tool car Track geometry car Weed sprayer

Maintenance jobs
Specific maintenance functions come carried out by maintenance of way workers. In modern railroads, the workers come typically associated by owning a particular piece of devices, however it used to be that, it held jobs that weren't universally conspicuous from either their titles. A below maintenance jobs come specific to the railroad industry:

Bridge inspector Gandy dancer Section gang Signal maintainer Track inspector

BMWE - Canadian System Federation
Site carries the text of wage agreements in the Canadian system of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees.

BMWE Eastern System Federation
Represents workers on railways and other industries, and lists news and a history of the union.
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