OBSTACLE DEFLECTOR OF RAILCAR

Provided is an obstacle removal device for a railway vehicle, which can detect derailment and an obstacle. The obstacle removal device for a railway vehicle is provided with: a collision bar extending across a railway track at a position in front of a bogie; a pair of operation members connected to the opposite ends of the collision bar; a pair of support members for supporting the pair of operation members through rotation shafts extending behind and above the collision bar in the direction of the width of the vehicle; elastic bodies for respectively maintaining the pair of operation members at regular positions and elastically deformed to permit the operation members to rotate at least rearward about the rotation shafts; and a signal generator for generating a first signal when at least one of the pair of operation members is rotated upward by an angle greater than or equal to a predetermined angle, the signal generator also generating a second signal when the at least one of the pair of operation members is rotated rearward by an angle greater than or equal to a predetermined angle.