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Quartzite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Because of its hardness and angular shape, crushed quartzite is often used as railway ballast Quartzite is a decorative stone and may be used to cover walls, as ...

Railroad Ballast and Other Track Materials

Railroad ballast serves as a bed for railroad tracks and provides track stability, drainage, and support of significant loads carried by railcars.

Track ballast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Track ballast forms the trackbed upon which railway sleepers (UK) or railroad ties (US) are laid. It is packed between, below, and around the ties. It is used to bear ...

What is railroad track ballast - Answers

Short answer rocks. That being said railroad track ballast is the cover for the subgrade. Ballast has several functions:

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New Ulm Quartzite Quarries, a Midwest aggregate supplier, is situated on the eastern edge of New Ulm, Minnesota, 75 miles southwest of Minneapolis.

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University of Minnesota’s Mineral Pages: Quartz

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Iowa - Stone Quarries and Beyond

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