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    Hi-rail excavators are specialized, dual-mode machines designed for both road and rail, enabling efficient railway construction and maintenance, including sleeper replacement, tamping, and ballast management. Key manufacturers and suppliers include Liebherr, Vancer (CHX35), BTE, and Jinggong. These machines feature custom attachments like undercutter bars, grapples, and tampers. 
    Key Hi-Rail Excavator Capabilities & Features: 
    • Dual-Mode Operation: Easily transition between rubber tires/tracks for road and specialized steel wheels for rail navigation.
    • Specialized Attachments: Includes undercutter bars, tampers, buckets, and grapples for varied maintenance tasks.
    • High Performance: Features such as 360-degree rotation, boom functionality, and high-flow hydraulics are common for maximizing productivity.
    • Custom Engineering: Many manufacturers, including BTE and Ceres Engineering, provide custom modifications to meet specific gauge and safety regulations. 
    Leading Manufacturers and Suppliers: 
    • Liebherr: Offers the RE 25 M Litronic, a dedicated rail excavator since 1967.
    • BTE (Ballast Tools Equipment): Known for customized 325 excavators featuring durable hi-rail gear.
    • Vancer: Produces the CHX35, a compact radius machine designed for rail maintenance.
    • Jinggong: Specializes in producing railway machinery including sleepers replacement and ballast tampers.
    • Hulcher: Offers heavy-duty hi-rail cranes and bulldozers designed for emergency response and maintenance.
    • Schwarz Excavations: Features specialized equipment for working under live overhead wires. 
    Common Uses: 
    • Ballast Maintenance: Cleaning and maintaining rail track ballast.
    • Sleeper Replacement: Efficient replacement of concrete or wooden railway sleepers.
    • Rail Maintenance: Handling, loading, and cutting tasks.
    • Rail Emergency Service: Quick deployment to derailment sites. 
    • CHX35 Hi-Rail Excavator | Vancer Rail Solutions
      The CHX35 Hi-Rail Excavator is a compact radius machine from Vancer. It's designed to be productive, versatile, comfortable, and e...
      www.vancer.com
    • Equipment update: Hi-rail technology 2022 - Progressive Railroading
      Nov 15, 2022 — A crawler-based excavator with factory integrated hi-rail, the 136MRail combines all the functions of a state-of-the-art excavator...
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    • High Rail Excavator for Schwarz Excavations
      Jul 22, 2015 — schwarz Excavations headquartered in Gracemere Queensland uses five revolutionary Hallmax RMT14D road rail vehicles. and other mac...
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    • CHX35 Hi-Rail Excavator | Vancer Rail Solutions
      The CHX35 Hi-Rail Excavator is a compact radius machine from Vancer. It's designed to be productive, versatile, comfortable, and e...
      www.vancer.com
    • Equipment update: Hi-rail technology 2022 - Progressive Railroading
      Nov 15, 2022 — A crawler-based excavator with factory integrated hi-rail, the 136MRail combines all the functions of a state-of-the-art excavator...
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    • High Rail Excavator for Schwarz Excavations
      Jul 22, 2015 — schwarz Excavations headquartered in Gracemere Queensland uses five revolutionary Hallmax RMT14D road rail vehicles. and other mac...
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    • Hi-Rail Excavators - Ballast Tools Equipment (BTE)
      Tested and Trusted to Handle the Most Challenging Conditions Expertly engineered and backed by rigorous field testing, BTE hi-rail...
      Ballast Tools Equipment
    • Custom Hi-Rail Excavator Modification | Ceres Engineering
      The Ceres team custom engineered a 13 Ton Hi-Rail Excavator and control system. These modifications increased safety and productiv...
      ceresgroup.com
    • Railroad excavators - Liebherr
      Liebherr has been developing railroad excavators since 1967. They are the global market leader in this field as an OEM manufacture...
      Liebherr
    • Hi-Rail Excavator,Railway Grapple ...
      The railway sleepers replacement excavator is a specialized railway machinery used for the replacement of railway sleepers. This m...
      JingGong Excavator
    • HI-RAIL EXCAVATORS: THE RAIL-READY SOLUTION
      Aug 13, 2025 — Western States Cat has a Hi-Rail Assembly Team that specializes in the development, installation, and maintenance of rail-specific...
      Western States Cat
    • Brandt Hi-Rail Backhoe
      Sep 24, 2014 — understanding the needs of our customers with regards to our rail clamps we've engaged safety interlocks that make it so the machi...
      1m
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    • BTE 325 High Rail Excavator High Rail Gear and Machine ...
      Aug 26, 2020 — so I want to take a minute to go over the high rail gear system that we add onto these 325 excavators. so what we have here is our...
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      YouTube·Ballast Tools Equipment
    • Railroad Excavators
      Our Hi-Rail Excavator Features MacAllister Railroad Machinery has been in the industry for over 75 years, so we connect clients wi...
      MacAllister Railroad Machinery
    • railroad industry equipment - Hulcher
      List of Services * Caterpillar® Excavator / Track Hoe. ... * Sidebooms. ... * Our track loader is customized for work in railroad ...
      Hulcher Services Inc.
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