|  | E |
SECTION E — FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

BUILDING

|  | E01 |
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES (of tunnels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21D)

|  | E01B |
PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS (derailing or rerailing blocks on track, track brakes or retarders Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61K)

|  | E01B |
Subclass index
STRUCTURE OF THE PERMANENT WAY |
General structure | 2/00
Ballastway, transverse or longitudinal sleepers | 1/00, 3/00
Rails or switches for general application | 5/00 - 13/00, 26/00
Rails or switches for particular application | 21/00 - 26/00
Protective arrangements | 15/00 - 19/00
MAKING, MAINTAINING, RENEWING, OR TAKING-UP THE BALLASTWAY OR THE TRACK | 27/00 - 37/00

|  | E01B 1/00 - E01B 26/00 |
Structure of the permanent way for railways or tramways

|  | E01B 1/00 |
Ballastway; Other means for supporting the sleepers or the track; Drainage of the ballastway (draining by trenches, culverts, or conduits Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01F 5/00)

|  | E01B 2/00 |
General structure of permanent way (railway networks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61B 1/00; foundations for pavings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01C 3/00; foundations in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D)

|  | E01B 3/00 |
Transverse or longitudinal sleepers (for switches or crossings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 7/22); Other means resting directly on the ballastway for supporting rails

|  | E01B 3/02 |
· | made from wood (drying or impregnating Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B27K)

|  | E01B 3/04 |
· · | Means for preventing cleaving

|  | E01B 3/06 |
· · · | Anti-cracking dogs

|  | E01B 3/08 |
· · · | Straps or bands for hooping or encircling sleepers (apparatus for hooping wooden railway sleepers on the spot Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/28)

|  | E01B 3/10 |
· · | Composite sleepers

|  | E01B 3/12 |
· · | Longitudinal sleepers; Longitudinal sleepers integral or combined with tie-rods; Combined longitudinal and transverse sleepers

|  | E01B 3/14 |
· · | Slabs; Blocks; Fastening tie-rods to them

|  | E01B 3/16 |
· | made from steel

|  | E01B 3/18 |
· · | Composite sleepers

|  | E01B 3/20 |
· · | Sleeper construction for special purposes, e.g. with openings for ballast working (sleepers for shiftable track for heavy loads Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 23/12)

|  | E01B 3/22 |
· · | Longitudinal sleepers; Longitudinal sleepers integral or combined with tie-rods; Combined longitudinal and transverse sleepers

|  | E01B 3/24 |
· · | Slabs; Blocks; Pot sleepers; Fastening tie-rods to them

|  | E01B 3/26 |
· · | combined with inserts of wood, artificial stone, or other material

|  | E01B 3/28 |
· | made from concrete or from natural or artificial stone (manufacture Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B28)

|  | E01B 3/30 |
· · | Hollow sleepers

|  | E01B 3/32 |
· · | with armouring or reinforcement (hollow sleepers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 3/30)

|  | E01B 3/34 |
· · · | with pre-tensioned armouring or reinforcement (pre-tensioned armouring or reinforcing elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04C 5/00)

|  | E01B 3/36 |
· · | Composite sleepers

|  | E01B 3/38 |
· · | Longitudinal sleepers; Longitudinal sleepers integral or combined with tie-rods; Combined longitudinal and transverse sleepers; Layers of concrete supporting both rails

|  | E01B 3/40 |
· · | Slabs; Blocks; Pot sleepers; Fastening tie-rods to them

|  | E01B 3/42 |
· · | combined with inserts of wood or other material

|  | E01B 3/44 |
· | made from other materials only if the material is essential

|  | E01B 3/46 |
· | made from different materials (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 3/26, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 3/42 take precedence)

|  | E01B 3/48 |
· | Distance keepers or tie-rods for sleepers

|  | E01B 5/00 |
Rails; Guard rails (manufacture of rails Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21B); Distance-keeping means for them

|  | E01B 5/02 |
· | Rails

|  | E01B 5/04 |
· · | Grooved rails

|  | E01B 5/06 |
· · | Reversible or invertible rails

|  | E01B 5/08 |
· · | Composite rails; Compound rails with dismountable or non-dismountable parts

|  | E01B 5/10 |
· · · | Composite grooved rails; Inserts for grooved rails

|  | E01B 5/12 |
· · | Rails with a foot serving as a sleeper

|  | E01B 5/14 |
· · | Rails for special parts of the track, e.g. for curves

|  | E01B 5/16 |
· | Distance keepers

|  | E01B 5/18 |
· | Guard rails; Connecting, fastening or adjusting means therefor

|  | E01B 7/00 |
Switches; Crossings (operating mechanisms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61L)

|  | E01B 7/02 |
· | Tongues; Associated constructions

|  | E01B 7/04 |
· · | Constructions with tongues turning about a vertical pivot at the end

|  | E01B 7/06 |
· · | Constructions with flexible tongues or flexible fishplates

|  | E01B 7/08 |
· · | Other constructions of tongues, e.g. tilting about an axis parallel to the rail, movable tongue blocks or rails

|  | E01B 7/10 |
· | Frogs

|  | E01B 7/12 |
· · | Fixed frogs made of one part or composite

|  | E01B 7/14 |
· · | with movable parts

|  | E01B 7/16 |
· · | Jump-over frogs

|  | E01B 7/18 |
· | Combinations of switches and crossings

|  | E01B 7/20 |
· | Safety means for switches, e.g. switch point protectors, auxiliary or guiding rail members

|  | E01B 7/22 |
· | Special sleepers for switches or crossings; Fastening means therefor

|  | E01B 7/24 |
· | Heating of switches

|  | E01B 7/26 |
· | Lubricating of switches (lubricating of rails Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61K 3/00)

|  | E01B 7/28 |
· | Crossings

|  | E01B 7/30 |
· · | Jump-over crossings

|  | E01B 9/00 |
Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like (fastening rails to bridges Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01D 19/12)

|  | E01B 9/02 |
· | Fastening rails, tie-plates, or chairs directly on sleepers or foundations; Means therefor

|  | E01B 9/04 |
· · | Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry without clamp members

|  | E01B 9/06 |
· · · | Railways spikes (nails in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B)

|  | E01B 9/08 |
· · · · | Elastic spikes

|  | E01B 9/10 |
· · · | Screws or bolts for sleepers (screws or bolts in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B)

|  | E01B 9/12 |
· · · | Retaining or locking devices for spikes or screws

|  | E01B 9/14 |
· · · | Plugs, sleeves, thread linings, or other inserts for holes in sleepers (inserting plugs or sleeves Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/26)

|  | E01B 9/16 |
· · · · | for wooden sleepers

|  | E01B 9/18 |
· · · · | for concrete sleepers

|  | E01B 9/20 |
· · · | by keys

|  | E01B 9/22 |
· · | Fastening on steel sleepers without clamp members

|  | E01B 9/24 |
· · · | by keys

|  | E01B 9/26 |
· · · | Welded fastenings

|  | E01B 9/28 |
· · | Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry with clamp members

|  | E01B 9/30 |
· · · | by resilient steel clips

|  | E01B 9/32 |
· · | Fastening on steel sleepers with clamp members

|  | E01B 9/34 |
· · · | by resilient steel clips

|  | E01B 9/36 |
· · | Metal sole-plates for rails which rails are directly fastened to sleepers

|  | E01B 9/38 |
· | Indirect fastening of rails by using tie-plates or chairs; Fastening of rails on the tie-plates or in the chairs

|  | E01B 9/40 |
· · | Tie-plates for flat-bottom rails (manufacture thereof Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21)

|  | E01B 9/42 |
· · · | of two or more parts

|  | E01B 9/44 |
· · | Fastening the rail on the tie-plate

|  | E01B 9/46 |
· · · | by clamps

|  | E01B 9/48 |
· · · · | by resilient steel clips

|  | E01B 9/50 |
· · · | by keys

|  | E01B 9/52 |
· · · · | by resilient keys

|  | E01B 9/54 |
· · | Rail chairs

|  | E01B 9/56 |
· · · | for rails with two or more treads

|  | E01B 9/58 |
· · | Fastening the rail in the chair

|  | E01B 9/60 |
· | Rail fastenings making use of clamps or braces supporting the side or head of the rail

|  | E01B 9/62 |
· | Rail fastenings incorporating resilient supports

|  | E01B 9/64 |
· | Rail fastenings gripping or encircling the sleeper

|  | E01B 9/66 |
· | Rail fastenings allowing the adjustment of the position of the rails, so far as not covered by the preceding groups

|  | E01B 9/68 |
· | Pads or the like, e.g. of wood, rubber, placed under the rail, tie-plate, or chair

|  | E01B 11/00 |
Rail joints (electrical connection of rails Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60M 5/00)

|  | E01B 11/02 |
· | Dismountable rail joints

|  | E01B 11/04 |
· · | Flat fishplates

|  | E01B 11/06 |
· · · | with keys or pins

|  | E01B 11/08 |
· · | Angle fishplates

|  | E01B 11/10 |
· · | Fishplates with parts supporting or surrounding the rail foot

|  | E01B 11/12 |
· · | Fishplates engaging only the rail foot

|  | E01B 11/14 |
· · | Rail foot flange clips in one piece

|  | E01B 11/16 |
· · | Fishplates for joining rails of different sections

|  | E01B 11/18 |
· · | Fishplates for temporarily repairing broken rails

|  | E01B 11/20 |
· · | with gap-bridging

|  | E01B 11/22 |
· · · | by parts of the rails

|  | E01B 11/24 |
· · · · | with oblique or overlapping rail ends

|  | E01B 11/26 |
· · · · | with interlocking rail ends

|  | E01B 11/28 |
· · · | by parts of the joining members

|  | E01B 11/30 |
· · · · | Fishplates with integral tread parts lying in the cross-section of the rail head

|  | E01B 11/32 |
· · · | by separate parts; Inserts bridging both rail heads

|  | E01B 11/34 |
· · · · | Auxiliary rail beside the gap

|  | E01B 11/36 |
· · | Fastening means for fishplates

|  | E01B 11/38 |
· · · | Locking arrangements for fastening means (locking means for nuts or bolts in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B)

|  | E01B 11/40 |
· · | Dismountable rail joints combined with welded parts

|  | E01B 11/42 |
· | Joint constructions for relatively movable rails, e.g. rails on turntables, traversers, or swing bridges

|  | E01B 11/44 |
· | Non-dismountable rail joints; Welded joints (welding methods Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23K)

|  | E01B 11/46 |
· · | General methods for making gapless tracks

|  | E01B 11/48 |
· · | Joints made by flame welding

|  | E01B 11/50 |
· · | Joints made by electric welding

|  | E01B 11/52 |
· · | Joints made by alumino-thermal welding

|  | E01B 11/54 |
· | Electrically-insulating rail joints

|  | E01B 11/56 |
· | Special arrangements for supporting rail ends (foot supports Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 11/08-E01B 11/14)

|  | E01B 11/58 |
· · | Bridge plates

|  | E01B 11/60 |
· · · | with wedges

|  | E01B 11/62 |
· · | Bridge chairs (chairs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 9/54-E01B 9/58)

|  | E01B 13/00 |
Arrangements preventing shifting of the track

|  | E01B 13/02 |
· | Rail anchors

|  | E01B 15/00 |
Guards for preventing a person's foot being trapped in grooved rails

|  | E01B 17/00 |
Cattle guards connected to the permanent way (grids in general for preventing cattle from straying Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01K 3/00)

|  | E01B 19/00 |
Protection of permanent way against development of dust or against the effect of wind, sun, frost, or corrosion; Means to reduce development of noise (snow fences Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01F 7/02; snow-ploughs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01H 8/02; watering Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01H 11/00)

|  | E01B 21/00 |
Track superstructure specially adapted for tramways in paved streets (paving Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01C 9/04, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01C 9/06)

|  | E01B 21/02 |
· | Special supporting means; Draining of rails

|  | E01B 21/04 |
· | Special fastenings, joint constructions, or tie-rods

|  | E01B 23/00 |
Easily dismountable or movable tracks, e.g. temporary railways; Details specially adapted therefor

|  | E01B 23/02 |
· | Tracks for light railways, e.g. for field, colliery, or mine use

|  | E01B 23/04 |
· · | Fastening or joining means

|  | E01B 23/06 |
· · | Switches (turntables Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60S, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61J); Portable switches; Turnouts

|  | E01B 23/08 |
· | Temporary tracks for use while repairing tramways

|  | E01B 23/10 |
· | Shiftable tracks for heavy loads, e.g. carrying excavators

|  | E01B 23/12 |
· · | Sleepers

|  | E01B 23/14 |
· · | Fastening or joining means (fastening of rails by keys Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 9/24)

|  | E01B 23/16 |
· · | Switches

|  | E01B 25/00 |
Tracks for special kinds of railways (systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61B; wheel tracks on roads Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01C 9/02)

|  | E01B 25/00 |
Note(s) In this group, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "track" includes non-load-carrying guide rails.

|  | E01B 25/02 |
· | Tracks for rack railways

|  | E01B 25/04 |
· · | Rack rails; Supports or connections for rack rails

|  | E01B 25/06 |
· · | Switches; Frogs; Crossings

|  | E01B 25/08 |
· | Tracks for mono-rails with centre of gravity of vehicle above the load-bearing rail

|  | E01B 25/10 |
· · | Mono-rails; Auxiliary balancing rails; Supports or connections for rails

|  | E01B 25/12 |
· · | Switches; Crossings

|  | E01B 25/14 |
· | Tracks for cable-drawn railway vehicles

|  | E01B 25/15 |
· · | Switches; Crossings

|  | E01B 25/16 |
· | Tracks for aerial rope railways with a stationary rope

|  | E01B 25/18 |
· · | Ropes; Supports, fastening or straining means for ropes (ropes in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D07B; masts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 12/00; rope sockets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16G)

|  | E01B 25/20 |
· · | Switches; Crossings

|  | E01B 25/22 |
· | Tracks for railways with the vehicle suspended from rigid supporting rails

|  | E01B 25/24 |
· · | Supporting rails; Auxiliary balancing rails; Supports or connections for rails

|  | E01B 25/26 |
· · | Switches; Crossings

|  | E01B 25/28 |
· | Rail tracks for guiding vehicles when running on road or similar surface (wheel tracks on roads Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01C 9/02)

|  | E01B 26/00 |
Tracks or track components not covered by any one of the preceding groups

|  | E01B 27/00 - E01B 37/00 |
Making, maintaining, renewing, or taking-up the ballastway or the track; Tools or machines specially designed therefor (derailing or rerailing of machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61K 5/00; removal of foreign matter from the permanent way, vegetation control, applying liquids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01H)

|  | E01B 27/00 |
Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track; Devices therefor; Packing sleepers

|  | E01B 27/02 |
· | Placing the ballast; Making the ballastway; Redistributing ballasting material; Machines or devices therefor; Levelling means

|  | E01B 27/04 |
· | Removing the ballast; Machines therefor, whether or not additionally adapted for taking-up ballast (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 27/06, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 27/12 take precedence; redistributing ballasting material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 27/02)

|  | E01B 27/06 |
· | Renewing or cleaning the ballast in situ, with or without concurrent work on the track

|  | E01B 27/08 |
· · | the track having been taken-up (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 27/11 takes precedence)

|  | E01B 27/10 |
· · | without taking-up the track (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 27/11 takes precedence)

|  | E01B 27/11 |
· · | combined with concurrent renewal of track components

|  | E01B 27/12 |
· | Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track; Compacting track-carrying ballast

|  | E01B 27/13 |
· · | Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track (preforming ballast cores or seats for sleepers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 27/02)

|  | E01B 27/14 |
· · · | Manual tools or hand-held power tools therefor

|  | E01B 27/16 |
· · · | Machines therefor, e.g. so-called sleeper-tamping machines

|  | E01B 27/17 |
· · · · | combined with means for lifting, levelling, or slewing the track

|  | E01B 27/18 |
· · · | by introducing additional fresh material under the sleepers, e.g. by the measured-shovel method, by the blowing method

|  | E01B 27/20 |
· · | Compacting the material of the track-carrying ballastway, e.g. by vibrating the track, by surface vibrators (of trackless ballastway Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 27/02; for packing sleepers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 27/12)

|  | E01B 29/00 |
Laying, rebuilding, or taking-up tracks; Tools or machines therefor (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 27/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/00 take precedence)

|  | E01B 29/02 |
· | Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing lengths of assembled track, assembled switches, or assembled crossings (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 29/04 takes precedence)

|  | E01B 29/04 |
· | Lifting or levelling of tracks (lifting devices in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F)

|  | E01B 29/05 |
· | Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing both rails and sleepers (as assembled units Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 29/02)

|  | E01B 29/06 |
· | Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing sleepers (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 29/05 takes precedence; carrying devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 7/12)

|  | E01B 29/09 |
· · | under, or from under, installed rails

|  | E01B 29/10 |
· · · | for inserting or removing sleepers

|  | E01B 29/11 |
· · · · | Removal involving destruction of the sleeper, e.g. the sectioning thereof

|  | E01B 29/13 |
· · · | for moving sleepers in a direction parallel to the rails, e.g. for spacing or aligning them (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 29/10 takes precedence)

|  | E01B 29/14 |
· · · | for lifting sleepers up to the rails (lifting devices in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F)

|  | E01B 29/16 |
· | Transporting, laying, removing, or replacing rails; Moving rails placed on sleepers in the track (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 29/05 takes precedence; moving or tilting heavy loads in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 7/00)

|  | E01B 29/17 |
· · | Lengths of rails assembled into strings, e.g. welded together

|  | E01B 29/20 |
· · | Moving rails placed on installed sleepers in the plane of the track

|  | E01B 29/22 |
· · | Raising rails from sleepers, e.g. for inserting sole-plates (lifting devices in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F)

|  | E01B 29/24 |
· | Fixing or removing detachable fastening means or accessories thereof; Pre-assembling track components by detachable fastening means (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 29/02, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/26 take precedence)

|  | E01B 29/26 |
· · | the fastening means being spikes (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 29/16 takes precedence; hand-held tools for nail or staple driving or extracting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25C)

|  | E01B 29/28 |
· · | the fastening means being of screw-and-nut type (portable apparatus for fixing or removing screws or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25B); Apparatus therefor, adapted to additionally drilling holes

|  | E01B 29/29 |
· · · | for horizontally-arranged fastening elements, e.g. fish-bolts

|  | E01B 29/32 |
· | Installing or removing track components, not covered by the preceding groups, e.g. sole-plates, rail anchors (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/26 takes precedence)

|  | E01B 29/40 |
· | Means or arrangements for temporarily supporting laid tracks, or rails or sleepers in the track (temporary fishplates Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 11/18)

|  | E01B 29/42 |
· | Undetachably joining or fastening track components in or on the track, e.g. by welding, by gluing; Pre-assembling track components by gluing; Sealing joints with filling components (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/26 takes precedence; independent heating means Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/18; welding in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23K; gluing metal parts in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 11/00)

|  | E01B 29/44 |
· · | Methods for effecting joining of rails in the track, e.g. taking account of ambient temperature

|  | E01B 29/46 |
· · | Devices for holding, positioning, or urging together the rail ends (adjusting the joint by moving rails Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 29/20)

|  | E01B 31/00 |
Working rails, sleepers, baseplates, or the like, in or on the line; Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices specially designed therefor (characterised by features independent of use on assembled track Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23-B25, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B27)

|  | E01B 31/02 |
· | Working rail or other metal track components on the spot

|  | E01B 31/04 |
· · | Sectioning or slitting, e.g. by sawing, shearing, flame-cutting

|  | E01B 31/06 |
· · | Making holes, e.g. by drilling, punching, flame-cutting

|  | E01B 31/08 |
· · | Bending, e.g. for straightening rails or rail joints (for aligning rail ends to be welded Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 29/46)

|  | E01B 31/12 |
· · | Removing metal from rails, rail joints, or baseplates, e.g. for deburring welds, reconditioning worn rails

|  | E01B 31/13 |
· · · | by milling

|  | E01B 31/15 |
· · · | by planing or filing

|  | E01B 31/17 |
· · · | by grinding

|  | E01B 31/18 |
· · | Reconditioning or repairing worn or damaged parts on the spot, e.g. applying inlays, building-up rails by welding (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/04-E01B 31/12 take precedence); Heating or cooling of parts on the spot, e.g. for reducing joint gaps, for hardening rails

|  | E01B 31/20 |
· | Working or treating non-metal sleepers in or on the line, e.g. marking, creosoting (working metal sleepers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/02)

|  | E01B 31/22 |
· · | Cutting or grinding wooden sleepers, e.g. for forming rail seats (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/24 takes precedence)

|  | E01B 31/23 |
· · · | Sectioning (combined with removal of segments from track Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 29/11)

|  | E01B 31/24 |
· · | Forming, treating, reconditioning, or cleaning holes in sleepers; Drilling-templates (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 29/28, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/26 take precedence)

|  | E01B 31/26 |
· · | Inserting or removing inserts or fillings for holes in sleepers, e.g. plugs, sleeves

|  | E01B 31/28 |
· · | Applying or removing anti-splitting or like reinforcing means (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/26 takes precedence; straps or bands therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 3/08)

|  | E01B 33/00 |
Machines or devices for shifting tracks, with or without lifting, e.g. for aligning track, for shifting excavator track (combined with sleeper packing machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 27/17)

|  | E01B 33/02 |
· | for slewing, i.e. transversely shifting, in steps

|  | E01B 33/04 |
· · | Manual tools; Devices not mounted on vehicles

|  | E01B 33/06 |
· | for slewing in a continuous operation, e.g. for tracks which carry excavators

|  | E01B 33/08 |
· · | Boom track-slewing machines

|  | E01B 33/10 |
· · | Bridge track-slewing machines

|  | E01B 33/12 |
· · | Combined boom and bridge track-slewing machines

|  | E01B 33/18 |
· · | Details not peculiar to a particular type of machine

|  | E01B 33/21 |
· · · | Arrangement or construction of rollers moving the rails

|  | E01B 35/00 |
Applications of measuring apparatus or devices for track-building purposes (apparatus on locomotives or cars to indicate or record bad track sections Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61K 9/00; measuring angles, linear dimensions, or irregularities in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01B, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01C)

|  | E01B 35/02 |
· | for spacing; for cross levelling; for laying-out curves

|  | E01B 35/04 |
· · | Wheeled apparatus

|  | E01B 35/06 |
· | for measuring irregularities in longitudinal direction

|  | E01B 35/08 |
· · | for levelling

|  | E01B 35/10 |
· · | for aligning

|  | E01B 35/12 |
· | for measuring movement of the track or of components thereof under rolling loads, e.g. depression of sleepers, increase of gauge

|  | E01B 37/00 |
Making, maintaining, renewing, or taking-up the ballastway or the track, not provided for in a single one of groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 27/00-E01B 35/00