Rail shoe assembly

A drilling machine for in situ drilling of a hole in a rail for a railway track, said drilling machine comprising:

• a support frame adapted to be mounted to the rail;
• a drill coupled to said support frame;
• a cutter coupled to said drill, with said cutter moveable between a first cutter position for spacing said cutter from the rail, and a second cutter position for engaging the rail with said cutter for drilling the hole;
• and
• a rail shoe assembly comprising,
• a base coupled to said support frame, and
• an adjustable bar coupled to and slideable relative to said base, with said adjustable bar having a bottom edge for engagement with the rail, and with said adjustable bar defining a plurality of position indicators;
• wherein
• said base defines a plurality of mounting chambers, with at least one of said plurality of position indicators and at least one of said plurality of mounting chambers being alignable at a predetermined position for positioning said cutter relative to the rail.

A system for in situ drilling of a hole, said system comprising:

• a rail having a foot, a head, and a web disposed between said foot and said head;
• a support frame adapted to be mounted to said rail;
• a drill coupled to said support frame;
• a cutter coupled to said drill, with said cutter moveable between a first cutter position for spacing said cutter from said rail, and a second cutter position for engaging said web of said rail with said cutter for drilling the hole;
• a rail shoe assembly comprising,
• a base coupled to said support frame, and
• an adjustable bar coupled to and slideable relative to said base, with said adjustable bar having a bottom edge for engagement with said foot of said rail, and with said adjustable bar defining a plurality of position indicators;
• wherein
• said base defines a plurality of mounting chambers, with at least one of said plurality of position indicators and at least one of said plurality of mounting chambers being alignable at a predetermined position for positioning said cutter between said foot and said head of said rail.