Kiln dried traction sand for rail — bone dry and precisely graded, so it feeds cleanly through locomotive sanding systems and onto the railhead when braking and traction need it.
How it’s made
A locomotive's sander is a precision feeder: sand that's damp or off-size blocks the line exactly when it's needed most. Ours is washed, kiln dried to next to no moisture and cut to a tight grading — dry, free flowing and the same every batch, checked before it leaves the gate.
Steel wheels on steel rail have very little grip to spare. Locomotive sanding systems drop a metered stream of sand onto the rail head ahead of the driving wheels to raise adhesion for starting heavy loads and for braking. It's a safety system, so the sand feeding it has to behave the same every time.
The sand travels through nozzles and pipework and is metered by the sanding gear. Any moisture and it bridges in the hopper or blocks the line, and the system delivers nothing at the moment it's needed most. Bone dry and consistently graded is the requirement, and it isn't negotiable.
MRP Sand Quarry is an inland sand quarry — nothing is dredged off a coastline. Inland deposits hold a far wider range of grain sizes than coastal sand, so we screen and cut sizes from ultra fines right up to coarse, and because the sand has never been near seawater there's no salt in it. Tell us the size the job needs and we cut to it.
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Supply & delivery
Bagged or bulk, dried and cut to your requirement — delivered on schedule.