A tamping machine

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E - Fixed Constructions

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E01B 27/17 (2006.01) E01B 35/02 (2006.01) E01B 35/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2343431

A tamping machine for tamping a track (4) includes a vertically adjustable track lifting unit (17) positioned between rail undercarriages and immediately preceding a tamping unit with regard to an operating direction. The track lifting unit serves for levelling and fining a main track (32) on which the rail undercarriages run and which forms a track plane (39). The tamping machine is equipped with an auxiliary lifting device (18) for lifting a branch track (27) of a switch (28) branching off the main track, a common measuring system (20) for controlled lifting of the switch being associated with the track lifting unit and the auxiliary lifting device and being composed of a measuring transmitter (23), contacting the main track and forming a reference line (38) formed by a light beam extending parallel to the track plane, and a measuring receiver (35) contacting the branch track and registering the reference line.

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