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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2014
Herzog Railroad Services, Inc., St. Joseph, MO (US);
Stanley M. Herzog, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Ivan E. Bounds, St. Joseph, MO (US);
HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC., St. Joseph, MO (US);
Abstract
A rail loading and unloading machine includes a plurality of cars for pick-up, processing, and loading of ribbon rail segments on a rail transport train. A pick-up car provides a rail lifting and manipulating apparatus for pick-up of rail from alongside the machine. A guide box aids guiding of the rail toward a primary drive unit. A crossover car includes components to steer the rail to a right or left side of the machine for processing and loading. A processing car includes a cutting station, drill station, crane, and secondary drive unit. The drill station is retractably stowed below a walkway to provide workspace for an operator to install joining plates on segments of rail. The secondary drive unit is disposed opposite the cutting and drill stations from the primary drive unit such that separate sections of rail on opposite sides of a cut or joint can be driven independently.