METHOD OF RAILWAY TRACK RECONSTRUCTION Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC E02D17/18 

FIELD: construction.

SUBSTANCE: method of railway track reconstruction includes cutting of ledges on a slope of an earth bed, laying of gabions on them. The lower ledge is made with width equal to the width of some gabions, the width of subsequent ledges is equal to 1/3 of the width of the lower ledge, the height of all ledges, including the lower ledge, is equal to the height of a row of gabions. The produced gabion wall comprises N+1 rows of gabions. Besides, N rows of gabions are placed to the level of the main platform of the earth bed, and the upper N-first row of gabions simultaneously rests against the previous row of gabions and the main platform of the earth bed and supports the ballast prism.

EFFECT: reinforcement of a railway track earth bed, reduced material intensity and labour intensiveness.

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