A piste-maintenance tracklaying vehicle including a vehicle control unit and
an
internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is drivingly connected
via a gear to a drive sprocket of at least one track. Accessory drives for additional
devices are mountable on the tracklaying vehicle, and may include vehicle components
such as a tilting device for a platform and driver's cab or track tensioner. An
internal combustion engine is connected via a generator and at least one electric
motor and a gear to each drive sprocket. In overrun mode an electric motor is switchable
as a current generator for accessory drives designed as electrohydraulic or electric
drives. The electric drive for a shaft of said additional device is electrically
synchronized with the electric motor of said drive sprocket through the vehicle
control unit.