Apparatus for removing ballast from beneath railroad tracks

Details Apparatus for removing ballast from beneath railroad tracks Apparatus for removing ballast from beneath railroad tracks

1988-09-12

1989-11-28

Taylor, Dennis L.

Excavating

Snow or ice removing or grooming by portable device

Railway clearer

37104, 299 63, 198526, 198716, E01B 2704

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048828602

ABSTRACT:
A railroad undercutter economizes both weight and space requirements through the use of a single continuous chain which carries ballast from beneath a railroad track to a track supported conveyor with the chain entering beneath and exiting from beneath the track on the same side and turning through a vertical arc of approximately 130.degree. to move above the track.

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patent: 2755077 (1956-07-01), Proctor
patent: 2778128 (1957-01-01), Drouard et al.
patent: 3436848 (1969-04-01), Peppin et al.

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