Crushed Rock Track Ballast Specification
.2 The ballast shall contain no more than 0.5% deleterious material and at least 99% by mass granites, granitic-gneiss, traprocks, or quartzites. .3 In rail equipment layover yards and maintenance facilities the ballast type may also include a gneiss-amphibolite-schist. .4 The ballast shall have a petrographic number of less than or equal to 110.