Single-plane multi-functional railway component handling system

A method for railway component adjustment comprising:

• controlling, by a control system, positioning of a railway workhead over a railway tie, the railway workhead operable to move along a railway to a position over the railway tie;
• controlling, by the control system, a fastener extractor of the railway workhead to extract a railway fastener from the railway tie, where:
• the fastener extractor comprises a pair of fastener-extracting arms;
• and
• each fastener-extracting arm of the pair of fastener-extracting arm comprises an extracting head disposed at a distal end of the fastener-extracting arm;
• and
• controlling, by the control system, a tie plate manipulator of the railway workhead to adjust one or more railway anchors when the one or more railway anchors are attached to a rail, where tie plate manipulator comprises at least one tool actuator coupled with one or more tools, the at least one tool actuator adapted to cause movement of the one or more tools;
• wherein the fastener extractor is coupled with the tie plate manipulator so that the fastener extractor and the tie plate manipulator are aligned in an over-under arrangement.

One or more non-transitory, machine-readable media having machine-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

• controlling positioning of a railway workhead over a railway tie, the railway workhead operable to move along a railway to a position over the railway tie;
• controlling a fastener extractor of the railway workhead to extract a railway fastener from the railway tie, where:
• the fastener extractor comprises a pair of fastener-extracting arms;
• and
• each fastener-extracting arm of the pair of fastener-extracting arm comprises an extracting head disposed at a distal end of the fastener-extracting arm;
• and
• controlling a tie plate manipulator of the railway workhead to adjust one or more railway anchors when the one or more railway anchors are attached to a rail, where tie plate manipulator comprises at least one tool actuator coupled with one or more tools, the at least one tool actuator adapted to cause movement of the one or more tools;
• wherein the fastener extractor is coupled with the tie plate manipulator so that the fastener extractor and the tie plate manipulator are aligned in an over-under arrangement.