Abstract: A mobile tamping machine for tamping ballast under a railroad track includes a machine frame supported on undercarriages running on a main track for moving the machine in an operating direction. A tamping unit is mounted on the machine frame between the undercarriages, and a track lifting and lining unit for leveling and lining the main track is vertically and transversely adjustably mounted on the machine frame immediately ahead of the tamping unit in the operating direction, with drives being provided for vertically and transversely adjusting the track lifting and lining unit. An auxiliary lifting unit is mounted on the machine frame for lifting a branch track branching off the main track at a track switch. A common measuring system associated with the track lifting and lining unit and the auxiliary lifting unit is provided for controlling the lifting of the track switch.

Abstract: For detecting a tie position in a track, a non-contact scanning device on a track-bound machine is associated with an odometer for recording a distance travelled by the machine. The scanning device is configured as distance measuring device for registering vertical distance measurement values between the machine and track, and is operatively connected to a control unit. The control unit is designed for continually and sequentially subdividing a measuring span, correlated to the distance travelled, into a succession of tie detection sections and adjacent ballast detection sections, which are associated with a ballast region situated between the ties. The tie detection section includes distance measurement values differing only slightly from one another, while the ballast detection section contains a sequence of abruptly fluctuating distance measurement values. As a result of detecting the tie position, a working unit, such as a tamping unit, can be centered over the tie automatically.

Abstract: A track work machine for mobility on a track extending in a longitudinal direction and supported on ballast, includes a machine frame extending in the longitudinal direction and having a front end and a rear end. An excavating device is mounted on the machine frame at the rear end and has a leading ballast pick-up unit arranged underneath the track and a trailing discharging end. A conveyor belt is associated with the discharging end and provided for receiving and transporting excavated ballast. A front undercarriage and a rear undercarriage are provided for supporting the machine frame on the track, the rear undercarriage being mounted on the machine frame for displacement in the longitudinal direction from a transit travel position, in which the rear undercarriage is situated between the discharging end and the ballast pick-up unit of the excavating device, in the direction towards the front undercarriage.

Abstract: A mobile tamping machine for tamping ballast under a main track comprises a machine frame supported on undercarriages running on the main track for moving the machine frame in an operating direction, the main track defining a track plane, a ballast tamping unit mounted on the machine frame between the undercarriages, a main track lifting and lining unit vertically and transversely adjustably mounted on the machine frame immediately ahead of the ballast tamping unit in the operating direction, a drive for vertically and transversely adjusting the main track lifting and lining unit, an auxiliary lifting unit mounted on the machine frame for lifting a branch track branching off the main track at a track switch, and a common measuring system for controlling lifting of the track switch, the common measuring system including an emitter of a light beam forming a reference line extending parallel to the track plane, the light beam emitter being positioned at a fixed distance from the main track, and a receiver of the

Abstract: A mobile tamping machine for tamping ballast under a railroad track includes a machine frame supported on undercarriages running on a main track for moving the machine in an operating direction. A tamping unit is mounted on the machine frame between the undercarriages, and a track lifting and lining unit for leveling and lining the main track is vertically and transversely adjustably mounted on the machine frame immediately ahead of the tamping unit in the operating direction, with drives being provided for vertically and transversely adjusting the track lifting and lining unit. An auxiliary lifting unit is mounted on the machine frame for lifting a branch track branching off the main track at a track switch. A common measuring system associated with the track lifting and lining unit and the auxiliary lifting unit is provided for controlling the lifting of the track switch.

Abstract: In a method of tamping a track, the displacements between the two reference points relative to each other are recorded during a first advance of the track tamper along the track to form a first curve indicating an existing track position. On the basis of the first curve, correction values are formed and a second curve indicating a desired track position is computed on the basis of the correction values. The track is then repositioned to the desired track position during a second advance of the track tamper along the track in response to the correction values while the track is tamped.

Abstract: A mobile tamping machine for tamping ballast under a main track comprises a machine frame supported on undercarriages running on the main track for moving the machine frame in an operating direction, the main track defining a track plane, a ballast tamping unit mounted on the machine frame between the undercarriages, a main track lifting and lining unit vertically and transversely adjustably mounted on the machine frame immediately ahead of the ballast tamping unit in the operating direction, a drive for vertically and transversely adjusting the main track lifting and lining unit, an auxiliary lifting unit mounted on the machine frame for lifting a branch track branching off the main track at a track switch, and a common measuring system for controlling lifting of the track switch, the common measuring system including an emitter of a light beam forming a reference line extending parallel to the track plane, the light beam emitter being positioned at a fixed distance from the main track, and a receiver of the

Abstract: The position of a track is corrected on the basis of the independent and separate measurement of the level errors of each track rail, and by concentrating the correction work on the most egregious position errors. For this purpose, a sub-section of the track is delimited by a starting point and an end point, and each rail in this sub-section is lifted to a desired level which has been electronically determined and is matched to a contiguous track section which has not been corrected.

Abstract: A machine frame of a ballast bed rehabilitation machine is composed of two articulatedly coupled frame parts. A longitudinal inclination meter is mounted on the leading frame part, in the working direction, for detecting the inclination of the track. A laser reference system is provided for controlling the position of vertically adjustable track working units arranged on the trailing frame part, the laser reference system being formed by a laser transmitter, equipped for relative adjustment of a reference plane by means of an adjusting device, and laser receivers. A control device is designed for the time-delayed delivery, in dependence upon the distance travelled, of a longitudinal inclination value detected by the longitudinal inclination meter to the adjusting device of the laser transmitter. The reference plane, used to guide the working units, is adjusted in accordance with the detected longitudinal track inclination.

Abstract: A mobile machine for rehabilitating a track has a machine frame extending in a longitudinal direction and supported by undercarriages for mobility on the track in an operating direction, the machine frame being composed of a leading frame part with respect to the operating direction and a trailing frame part connected to the leading frame part by an articulation, with at least one working unit being mounted on the machine frame for adjustment relative thereto. A reference system for controlling the position of the working unit is arranged on the leading frame part and consists of a reference line extending in the longitudinal direction between two of said undercarriages, a measuring axle designed to roll on the track, and a measuring device connected to the measuring axle for detecting a movement, transversely to the longitudinal direction, of the measuring axle relative to the reference line.

Abstract: A method for correcting the track geometry of a track, includes measuring an initial track position of the track following lifting of the track and tamping under the track, and so computing a final desired track position as to eliminate long-wave alignment errors of the track geometry. Subsequently, corrective values are determined commensurate with a difference between the final desired track position and the initial track position, and the track is stabilized by lowering the track in a controlled manner into the final desired position and controlling in response to the corrective values the static load and/or transverse vibration acting on the track, thereby eliminating during track stabilization in particular long-wave geometrical track errors.

Abstract: A machine for distributing ballast in a track bed comprises a machine frame supported on the track by undercarriages for mobility in an operating direction, a ballast plow adjustably mounted on the machine frame for distributing the ballast in the track bed, drives for adjusting the ballast plow relative to the machine frame, a contactless sensor arranged ahead of the ballast plow in the operating direction for detecting an existing track bed profile extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction, a position indicator for indicating a change in the position of the ballast plow relative to the machine frame, and a control for the drives comprising a memory storing a desired track bed profile.

Abstract: A dynamic track stabilizer comprises a machine frame supported on the track by undercarriages for mobility along the track, and two track stabilization units linked to the machine frame by vertical adjustment drives, the track stabilization units being spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction and running on the track. Each track stabilization unit comprises a generator of oscillations connected to a drive for producing oscillations extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction, and the oscillation generators are arranged to produce oscillations which are displaced in phase.

Abstract: A method of continuously measuring the resistance of a track to transverse displacement comprises the steps of continuously advancing a dynamic stabilizer along the track, applying a power to the dynamic stabilizer to impart oscillations to the track extending transversely to the track in a horizontal plane, and recording a datum corresponding to the applied power as a correlated measurement value of the transverse track displacement resistance (QVW).

Abstract: In a method for determining the deviations of the actual position of a track (6) with respect to the desired position a first measuring unit (1), movable on the track, and a further second measuring unit (2) are placed at the two end points of a track section to be measured, and their positions as an actual track position are defined relative to track reference points (11). The second measuring unit (2) is moved in stages from a starting point in the direction of the first measuring unit (1) to the end point, wherein at every stop for implementing a measuring procedure, the measurement data of the actual track position are compared with the measurement data of the desired position and a corresponding differential value is calculated and stored. The position of the two measuring units relative to one another are determined in a coordinate system as a result of the reception of a position signal from surveying satellites.

Abstract: A measuring arrangement (2) for continuously measuring undulatory irregularities in the running surface (4) of a rail (5) of a track (6) comprises a measuring trolley (1) having flanged wheels (8) which are able to roll on the track (6) and a trolley frame (7), and a distance detector (20) disposed on the trolley frame (7) for the contactless measurement of the distance from the rail (5), and a device (11) for recording, processing and issuing measurement signals. The distance detector (20) is mounted in a linear guide (13) connected to the trolley frame (7) so as to be displaceable in the vertical direction relative to the trolley frame (7) and so as to be vibration-damped.

Abstract: A continuously advancing dynamic track stabilization machine comprises a first cross level measuring element arranged at the machine frame front end and generating reference signals corresponding to the measured cross level at successive points as the machine continuously advances, a second cross level measuring element arranged adjacent a track stabilization assembly spaced from the front end and generating a signal corresponding to the measured cross level, and a control for actuating the drives for applying a vertical load to the track rails and for vibrating the track in a horizontal, transverse direction. The control is arranged to receive the reference signals from the first cross level element, to store the received reference signals until the second cross level element has reached the successive points, to compare the stored reference signals with the signals generated by the second cross level element to obtain a control signal, and to transmit the control signal for actuating the drives.