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reballasting en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The process of renewing the ballast under railway track.
   • The most welcome progress from a short-term viewpoint, however, is that reballasting of the Trent Valley section is almost completed and as a result accelerations of express passenger trains are likely in this summer's timetable; we hear that over this section alone it should be possible to cut 20min from the timings of three Anglo-Scottish day trains and that other services will be speeded up by 8-15min. 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:
   • Repair of the many tunnels and high masonry viaducts on the eastern side of Semmering, appears to have necessitated this single-line working, although complete rerailing with long welded rails and resleepering and reballasting are being undertaken. 1951 June, John L. Buckland, “The Semmering Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 414:

reballasting en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of reballast
   form of reballast