System for distributing ballast in a track bed

Details System for distributing ballast in a track bed System for distributing ballast in a track bed

1998-10-20

2000-05-09

Shackelford, H.

Excavating

Railway graders

Side former

171 16, 104 2, E02F 522

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060586281

ABSTRACT:
A machine for distributing ballast in a track bed comprises a machine frame supported on the track by undercarriages for mobility in an operating direction, a ballast plow adjustably mounted on the machine frame for distributing the ballast in the track bed, drives for adjusting the ballast plow relative to the machine frame, a contactless sensor arranged ahead of the ballast plow in the operating direction for detecting an existing track bed profile extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction, a position indicator for indicating a change in the position of the ballast plow relative to the machine frame, and a control for the drives comprising a memory storing a desired track bed profile.

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