Ballast plow assembly for a hopper-type railroad car

Details Ballast plow assembly for a hopper-type railroad car Ballast plow assembly for a hopper-type railroad car

1993-12-20

1995-08-01

Le, Mark T.

Railways

Track clearers

104 2, B61F 1900

Patent

active

054372321

ABSTRACT:
A ballast plow assembly adapted for connection to a frame of a hopper-type railroad car having a series of openings from which ballast is gravitationally discharged and which is supported for rolling movement over tracks or rails by a pair of wheeled undercarriages. The ballast plow assembly includes a ballast plow that is pivotally connected to the frame of the railroad car in proximate relation to the wheels of a respective undercarriage and has a free end which is automatically movable into engagement with an upper surface of the tracks under the influence of gravity for clearing the upper track surfaces from ballast discharged from the railroad car and for generally distributing ballast across the track bed. The forward end of the ballast plow extends across the upper track surfaces and generally normal to the tracks. A lift mechanism is provided in combination with the ballast plow for removing the track engaging end of the ballast plow from engagement with the track. A lock mechanism is also provided in combination with the ballast plow for releasably holding the ballast plow from engagement with the tracks.

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