Patent ID: 6745502
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: E01B,E02F

Abstract:
A rail mounted excavating unit on a first railcar for removing ballast and overburden from a railbed and a rail mounted storage vehicle for storing ballast and overburden, said rail mounted storage vehicle being on a second railcar for holding said ballast and overburden removed by said excavating unit, said rail mounted storage vehicle on said second railcar being connected to and moveable with said rail mounted excavating unit on said first railcar, said first and second railcars being connected through a hitch assembly, said rail mounted storage vehicle holding said removed ballast and overburden and allowing said removed ballast and overburden to be returned to said railbed, and further comprising a railway plow having a forward set of two pairs of rail wheels, each of said railwheels being rotatable about a railwheel axis, said two pairs of railwheels further being rotatable about a bogey axis located substantially symmetrically relative to said railwheel axes.