Ballast Tools Equipment

ballast tools equipment (bte) designs, builds, sells, and leases high-performance, high-durability specialty equipment for railroad track maintenance and construction. bte’s machines are used throughout north america and internationally, serving both class 1 railroads, shortlines, and contractors. bte recognized that our customers needed equipment with the same performance characteristics of bti tools: high performance, low maintenance, and above all, dependability. this led to the development of a variety of on and off track railroad maintenance equipment. since that realization, bte has drawn on over 30 years of railroad experience to pioneer and develop on-track equipment and add-on components for excavators and backhoes, along with a host of specialty solutions. this includes a range of equipment, from large undercutters (with up to an 18’ cutting length) to powerful tampers and tie handlers to our industry-changing bridge repair consist. all our machines are heavily engineered a