Mobile switch leveling, lining and tamping machine

Railways – Track layers – Track raising car

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104 71, 104 10, 104 12, E01B 2717

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049056042

ABSTRACT:
A mobile switch leveling, lining and tamping machine comprises a vertically and laterally adjustable leveling and lining tool carrier frame linked to the machine frame, a pair of flanged wheels supporting the carrier frame on a main track for mobility therealong, each flanged wheel engaging a respective rail and serving as a track lining tool, a respective power-operated, vertically and transversely adjustable track lifting tool mounted on the carrier frame for gripping each rail at one side thereof, a leveling and lining reference system including a main track position sensing device, the leveling and lining reference system controlling actuation of the track lifting and lining drives in response to the main track position sensed by the device, a vertically adjustable auxiliary device mounted on the machine frame for lifting a laterally adjacent track section, a power-actuated drive for laterally displacing the auxiliary device, and a measuring carriage associated with the machine and running on the laterally adjacent track section, the measuring carriage comprising a measuring beam extending transversely from the laterally adjacent track section to the machine frame for measurably monitoring the position of the laterally adjacent track section and a cross level connected to the measuring beam for measurably monitoring the superelevation of the adjacent track section.

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