Track working machine with a ballast plow arrangement

A track working machine comprising a ballast plow arrangement for distributing and profiling the ballast of a railroad track including two rails, the machine having a frame with a central axis extending between and substantially parallel to the rails, the ballast plow arrangement comprising

• (a) two plows arranged on the machine frame for independent vertical adjustment, each of the plows being constituted by
• (1) an integral plow plate bridging a respective one of the track rails and extending transversely to the central axis into the range thereof, the plow plates having adjacent ends in the range of the central axis and defining an acute angle with each other to form a plow arrangement extending over substantially the entire width of the track, and
• (2) a ballast regulating guide plate mounted on each plow plate end for selective adjustment between a rest position wherein the ballast regulating guide plate is fully covered by the plow plate on which it is mounted, seen in the direction of machine elongation, and an operating position wherein the ballast regulating guide plate projects beyond the central axis and the plow plate on which it is mounted.