Apparatus for removing ballast from beneath a railroad track

Details Apparatus for removing ballast from beneath a railroad track Apparatus for removing ballast from beneath a railroad track

1984-10-24

1986-01-14

Crowder, Clifford D.

Excavating

Ditcher

Wheel excavator

37 84, 37104, E02F 508, E02F 522

Patent

active

045638268

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for removing ballast from beneath railroad tracks utilizes a horizontal undercutter disposed beneath the track to remove the ballast therefrom into a trench excavated by a cooperatively mounted trencher wheel. A horizontally disposed conveyor is located in the trench rearwardly of and adjacent the trench wheel to receive the ballast from the undercutter and to transport the ballast to the trencher wheel for removal thereby.

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patent: 3436848 (1969-04-01), Peppin et al.
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