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Gleisbau Geiseltal is a private company for maintenance of DB AG tracks. This is a universal ballast compression and track adjustment machine, made in Austria ba Plasser & Theurer, type 08-275 UNIMAT 3S. Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof, April 1996. Photo and scan: Tobias B. Köhler (unci@tigerden.com)

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A 09-32 CSM ballast tamper of Gleisbau Geiseltal waits in track 3 at Horrem (on Cologne-Aachen) on 19 October 2001 to exit towards Cologne. Another machine is coupled behind it. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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A machine for reshaping the trackbed after tamping (Schotterplaniermaschine in german) of Gleisbau Geiseltal waits in track 3 at Horrem (on Cologne-Aachen) on 19 October 2001 to exit towards Cologne. The lead unit of the train is a ballast tamper. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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Inscriptions on the machine standing in Horrem on 19 October 2001. The upper plate tells that this machine was built in 1991 by Plasser in Germany. The upper sign tells about the approvement, weights, topspeeds and so on. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz