Ballast Cleaning Machine for switches, crossings and plain track is a compact single-frame machine with 4 axles & two high capacity diesel engines. It has got some key features like - Excellent view during transfer with a driver's control desk in both front and rear cabin, additional regulation of ballast flow in the screening unit thanks to hydraulic adjustable baffles & optimised three-tier screening unit with separation of oversized stones, remaining spoil less than 3% in the cleaned ballast along with plough grader after ballast return. It also ensures uniform distribution of the cleaned ballast across the required ballast width thanks to automatic slewing ballast distributing conveyor belts & horizontal positioning of screening unit in superelevation. It also addresses a major health issue by reduction of noise and dust emission by covering the lateral chain guides & also by providing soundproofed cabins for high working comfort. It has got trajectory parabola set for ballast return which fills ballast underneath the sleepers. Other features like - Efficient 5-finger scraper chain, Hydraulic cutter bar locking, Foldaway spoil conveyor belt, Lifting and slewing device close to the excavating chain & Trackbound ballast cleaning in switches and crossings, extension of the excavating width up to 7.7 m.