Patent ID: 6148732
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B61K,E01H

Abstract:
A track cleaning system for a railcar having a truck with at least one wheel for engaging the rail of a track along which the railcar may travel, said system comprising:at least two track rail nozzles each for discharging a water spray against a top surface portion of the same track rail;means for mounting said track rail nozzles on said wheel truck; and,water supply means for providing pressurized water to said track rail nozzles;said water spray being discharged along and diverging from a central spray axis, one of said track rail nozzles being positioned with its central spray axis offset to one side of a centerline of the top surface portion of the track rail and another of said track rail nozzles being positioned with its central axis offset to another side of said rail centerline opposite to said one side of said rail centerline, and said offset track rail nozzles being positioned sufficiently close to said top surface portion of the track rail that the water sprays from said track rail nozzles impact said top surface portion over a lateral distance less than a lateral distance between opposite edges of said top surface portion where said lateral distances are perpendicular to said rail centerline.