Railway tie repositioning apparatus

Claim 1

MACHINERY FOR REPOSITIONING TIES UNDERLYING A RAILWAY TRACK AND EMBEDDED IN A BED OF BALLAST, COMPRISING: A RAILWAY VEHICLE FOR TRAVELLING ON SAID RAILWAY TRACK; AN ELEMENT OPERABLE TO SHIFT SAID TIE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE RAILWAY TRACK; SAID ELEMENT BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN AN OPERATIVE POSITION IN WHICH IT IS DISPOSED AT A SIDE OF THE TIE IN ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH AND AN INOPERATIVE POSITION IN WHICH IT IS DISCHARGED FROM AND RAISED ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID TIE; STRUCTURE CARRIED BY SAID VEHICLE FOR MOVING SAID ELEMENT BETWEEN ITS TWO POSITIONS AFORESAID, THE MOVEMENT OF THE ELEMENT INTO OPERATIVE POSITION HAVING A TERMINAL COMPONENT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LENGTH OF THE TIE; MECHANISM FOR SHIFTING SAID ELEMENT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE RAILWAY TRACK PREPARATORY TO ITS MOVEMENT INTO OPERATIVE POSITION AND, THEREAFTER, TO APPLY THRUST O THE TIE ENGAGED THEREBY; AND A BRAKE FOR RESTRAINING TRAVEL OF SAID VEHICLE ON SAID RAILWAY TRACK WHILE SAID THRUST IS BEING APPLIED.