Track leveling and ballast tamping machine

Details Track leveling and ballast tamping machine Track leveling and ballast tamping machine

1986-12-22

1989-01-03

Reeves, Robert B.

Railways

Track layers

Track raising car

104 12, 171 16, 37104, E01B 2717, E01B 2711

Patent

active

047948620

ABSTRACT:
A track leveling and ballast tamping machine comprises a standard vehicle capable of being coupled to a train, two undercarriages supporting the frame for movement in an operating direction along a track and a drive for moving the frame along the track. A ballast tamping unit is connected to the frame between the undercarriages and a track lifting unit is connected to the frame between the undercarriages ahead of the ballast tamping unit in the operating direction, a track leveling reference system controlling the lifting of the track by the track lifting unit. A ballast receiving and storage container is mounted on the frame ahead of the ballast tamping and track lifting units in a forward portion thereof, the container having adjustable outlet ports for distributing ballast in respective ones of the cribs, and a ballast conveyor is arranged on the frame for conveying ballast to the ballast receiving and storage container in the forward portion of the frame, in the operating direction.

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Railway Gazette International, Feb. 1985, pp. 120/1.

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