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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2016
Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M.b.h., Vienna, AT;
Manfred Brunninger, Altenberg, AT;
Abstract
In a method for renewing a track () and cleaning a ballast bed (), the old track () is lifted off the ballast bed in sections as a track panel (), transported forward in a working direction () and deposited on track panel wagons (). The exposed ballast bed (), forming a renewal gap (), is cleaned by a cleaning machine (), spoil () accruing in the process is transported forward underneath the track panels () deposited on the track panel wagons (), and stored in hopper cars (). New rails (), pre-deposited underneath new sleepers () positioned on sleeper wagons (), are pulled forward into the renewal gap () by the cleaning machine () and deposited on the cleaned ballast bed (). The new sleepers () are laid down on the cleaned ballast bed and connected to the new rails () lifted off the ballast bed ().