Ballast regulator having improved track cleaning means

A ballast regulator machine for dressing the ballast of a railroad bed during movement of said machine along rails on said bed, said rails disposed in spaced relation and having a center line therebetween, said machine including a frame for supporting various assemblies for distributing the ballast across said bed and ballast removal means for removing ballast from between said rails to the outside comprising:

• a rotary broom assembly including a rotary broom for sweeping the ballast from between said rails, said broom assembly disposed for propelling said ballast rearwardly thereof during a sweeping operation;
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• a ballast deflector assembly mounted adjacent to said rotary broom assembly, said ballast deflector assembly including a frame secured to said ballast regulator machine and baffle means defined by plate means rigidly secured and depending in non-movable relation from said frame, said plate means being defined by first and second angularly extending non-movable surfaces, said angular surfaces disposed for propelling said ballast away from said center line of said rails to the outside of said rails responsive to impingement of said ballast on said first and second surfaces responsive to said propelling of said ballast against said first and second surfaces by said rotary broom.