FIELD: railway transport; permanent way.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to method of noncontact inspection of profile of ballast base passing square to longitudinal direction of track. Inspection is carried out together with recording of deviation of track in level and in position. Depending on recorded defects as to level (a) and profile of ballast base 13 obtained for said level, amount of crushed stone for lifting track 4 to preset level and uniform ballasting is determined. To find amount of crushed stone required for ballast base 12, recorded profile of ballast base 13 is applied to preset profile of cross section 14.
EFFECT: improved ballasting of track.
3 cl, 4 dwg
