Apparatus for the replacement of rails of a track
AssigneeFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorJosef Theurer
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Abstract
An apparatus for the continuous replacement of track rails comprises a forward and a trailing track renewal vehicle, which may have a common frame. The rails are unfastened and removed from a first track section on which an undercarriage supports the forward vehicle for continuous mobility and the replaced rails are laid in a second track section on which an undercarriage supports the trailing vehicle. A monitoring device is associated with the trailing track renewal vehicle to sense markings on the ties as the trailing vehicle moves along the second track section and to be guided by the markings, the markings indicating the position of the first track section and the monitoring device being arranged to position the rails of the second track section in alignment with the first track section.
Claims17
An apparatus for the continuous replacement of the rails of a track consisting of two rails fastened to ties, which comprises
- (a) a forward track renewal vehicle means for removing the rails adjacent a first track section, the forward vehicle means including
- (1) an undercarriage supporting the forward vehicle means on the rails to be removed for mobility along the track section in an operating direction, and
- (2) tools for unfastening the rails from the ties and for removing the rails,
- (b) a trailing track renewal vehicle means for replacing the rails adjacent a second track section, the trailing vehicle means including
- (1) an undercarriage supporting the trailing vehicle means on the replaced rails for mobility along the second track section in the operating direction, and
- (2) tools for laying the rails on the ties, and
- (c) a monitoring device associated with the trailing track renewal vehicle means, the monitoring device being arranged to sense markings on the ties as the trailing vehicle means moves along the second track section and to be guided by the markings, the markings indicating the position of the first track section and the monitoring device being arranged to position the rails of the second track section in alignment with the first track section.
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