Builder's Plate - MMA Class Electromatic Tamper/Liner machine
Production date
1976
Country
Australia
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Object detail
Description
A rectangular shaped aluminium plate with the pressed lettering in the face painted red and black.
Classification
TRANSPORT Railways Manufacturer's Plate
Maker
Production date
1976
Production place
Measurements
H77 x W197 x D2mm
Media/Materials description
Aluminium
Paint
Paint
Signature/Marks
MADE IN AUSTRALIA \ Tamper \ MODEL No. EA - JDAG \ SERIAL No. 722066
History and use
This builder's plate is from a MMA Class Electromatic Tamper/Liner machine built by Tamper. It was purchased by Queensland Railways in 1976.
Queensland Railways purchased numerous track maintenance vehicles from Tamper beginning in the mid 1960s. Vehicles included MMA Class tampers, MMB Class ballast regulators, MMC Class crib & shoulder compactors, MMD Class track lifter/slewers and track jack models, MMG Class spike drivers, MMH Class sleeper spacers, MMJ Class dual head sleeper borers, MMK Class sleeper cranes, MML Class sleeper cranes and sleeper renewers, MMM Class spike drivers, MMO Class anchor adjusters, MMS Class rotary scarifiers, MMT Class vibratool switch tampers and spot tampers, MMU Class spike springers, MMY Class track laying machines, track & overhead geometry cars, track gophers and switch undercutters and MMZ Class joint lifter models.
Queensland Railways purchased numerous track maintenance vehicles from Tamper beginning in the mid 1960s. Vehicles included MMA Class tampers, MMB Class ballast regulators, MMC Class crib & shoulder compactors, MMD Class track lifter/slewers and track jack models, MMG Class spike drivers, MMH Class sleeper spacers, MMJ Class dual head sleeper borers, MMK Class sleeper cranes, MML Class sleeper cranes and sleeper renewers, MMM Class spike drivers, MMO Class anchor adjusters, MMS Class rotary scarifiers, MMT Class vibratool switch tampers and spot tampers, MMU Class spike springers, MMY Class track laying machines, track & overhead geometry cars, track gophers and switch undercutters and MMZ Class joint lifter models.
Registration number
R6854
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