Railroad track cleaning assemblies and apparatus

摘要

Railroad track cleaning assemblies and apparatus are described. An example railroad track cleaning assembly includes a movable carriage movably coupled to a frame to which a plurality of wheels are operably coupled to enable the frame to move on railroad tracks. Additionally, the railroad track assembly includes a shaft rotatably coupled to the movably carriage to receive one or more brushes that are to be rotated and engage one of the railroad tracks and a spring assembly coupled to the movable carriage and to the frame to bias, via the movable carriage, the one or more brushes into engagement with the one of the railroad tracks.

主权项

1. A railroad track cleaning assembly, comprising:
a movable carriage movably coupled to a frame to which a plurality of wheels are operably coupled to enable the frame to move on railroad tracks; a shaft rotatably coupled to the movable carriage to receive one or more brushes that are to be rotated and engage one of the railroad tracks; and an actuator coupled to the movable carriage and to the frame to bias, via the movable carriage, the one or more brushes into engagement with the one of the railroad tracks, wherein biasing the one or more brushes into engagement with the one of the railroad tracks enables a substantially constant force to be applied to the one of the railroad tracks via the one or more brushes, wherein the substantially constant force is between about thirty pounds and eighty pounds of pressure.