A railroad track cleaner of non-self-motivational character which comprises a frame carrying front and rear wheels for rail traverse. The frame contains a housing for a transversely disposed, rotatably mounted broom assembly in the forward portion thereof and an axially parallel, rotatable feed conveyor located upwardly and rearwardly of the broom assembly and having a central spacing. A flipper or particle impeller is provided within said feed conveyor central spacing in alignment with a debris discharge port formed in the overlying portion of the housing. An air inlet port is provided in the housing forwardly of said debris discharge port. The cleaner is detachably engageable at the rearward end thereof to an automotive vehicle for travel, which vehicle is provided with a debris receptacle connected to a conventional vacuum. A flexible conduit is provided for extension between said cleaner discharge port and said vehicle hopper for withdrawal by said vacuum of debris swept by said broom assembly. Ground sweeping blades are provided on opposite sides of said housing for optionally operating within the zones outwardly of the rails for directing contacted debris toward the line of travel of the driven cleaner.