Railway track spiking machine

Claim 1

A RAILWAY TRACK SPIKING MACHINE, COMPRISING A TRUCK HAVING TRUCK WHEELS ADAPTED TO RUN ON A FIRST AND A SECOND RAIL OF A TRACK, EACH OF SAID TRUCK WHEELS HAVING AN INTEGRAL FLANGE THEREON POSITIONED ON THE GUAGE SIDE OF ITS RAIL, A FIRST AND A SECOND FRAME SUPPORTED BY AND EXTENDING FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TRUCK AND LOCATED OVER THE RAILS, A FIRST CARRIAGE SUPPORTED BY SAID FIRST FRAME AND ADJUSTABLE FORE AND AFT OF SAID FIRST FRAME, A PLURALITY OF POWER DRIVEN HAMMERS RIGIDLY SUPPORTED BY SAID FIRST CARRIAGE, POWER MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID HAMMERS, A SECOND CARRIAGE SUPPORTED BY SAID SECOND FRAME AND ADJUSTABLE FORE AND AFT OF SAID SECOND FRAME, A PLURALITY OF POWER DRIVEN HAMMERS RIGIDLY SUPPORTED BY SAID SECOND CARRIAGE, POWER MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID HAMMERS, SAID SECOND FRAME BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID TRUCK ON A HORIZONTAL AXIS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE TRUCK SO THAT SAID SECOND FRAME IS SWINGABLE TRANSVERSELY OF THE RAILS, GAUGE MEANS RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID SECOND FRAME ON A LEVEL TO BE ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SECOND RAIL, AND POWER MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TRUCK AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SECOND FRAME TO MOVE SAID SECOND FRAME TRANSVERSELY OF SAID RAILS TOWARD SAID SECOND RAIL TO BRING SAID GAUGE MEANS INTO CONTACT WITH SAID SECOND RAIL AND TO MOVE SAID TRUCK TRANSVERSELY OF SAID RAILS TOWARD SAID FIRST RAIL UNTIL THE INTEGRAL FLANGE ON SAID TRUCK WHEEL ADJACENT SAID FIRST RAIL ENGAGES THE GAUGE SIDE OF SAID FIRST RAIL; THEREBY POSITIONING EACH OF SAID FRAMES OVER A RAIL TO PROPERLY ALIGN SAID HAMMERS OVER SPIKE HOLES IN TIE-PLATES.