Mobile apparatus for the continuous replacement of an old track

Details Mobile apparatus for the continuous replacement of an old track Mobile apparatus for the continuous replacement of an old track

1978-08-18

1980-07-08

Reese, Randolph A.

Railways

Track layers

104 7R, 105 4R, E01B 2711

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042111706

ABSTRACT:
A mobile train assembly of track-bound freight and work cars for the continuous replacement of an old track by a new track, which comprises a main work car carrying track replacement equipment on a carrier frame supported on two undercarriages and extending therebetween, the carrier frame being comprised of two carrier frame parts and a pivot intermediate the undercarriages linking the two carrier frame parts. A third undercarriage is vertically adjustably mounted on the carrier frame in the range of, and below, the pivot for adjustment between an inoperative, raised position and a lowered position wherein it is capable of traveling on the track. A vertically adjustable ballast smoothing plow arrangement is mounted on the carrier frame between equipment receiving the ties of the old track and equipment for laying the ties of the new track, and a hydraulic drive is provided for vertically adjusting and supporting the vertically adjusted plow arrangement.

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