Railion Type Uaai 838
Description:
These two 24 axle schnabel car are owned by
Railion , previously know as DB Cargo. They were built in 1973. These two
cars still in service.
Specification:
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Number of axles |
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Photos:
The following photos were found on the Railion website.
These photos show the wagon with a large transformer at Mainz-Bischofsheim marshalling yard.
The following photos were taken by Christian Walther in Wuppertal during the first week in May 2004,
they are used here with Christian's permission. Christian has a neat website on trolleys.
Christian has provided a great set of photos which show the transition from rail to road shipment. Christian also provided the following information on this shipment.
"On May, 5th 2004 was the day, the advertised transformer for the RWE
Transportnetz Strom GmbH was to be reloaded in Wuppertal-Oberbarmen. We have waited for this event for a long time because we don’t usually see such abnormal loads every day.
First some basic data about the transport: The transformer has a tare
weight of 361,000 kg and was manufactured in Austria by the VA Tech Elin
Trafo GmbH. The construction was completed at the end of
2003 but the transport had to wait for the completion of the transformer
station Linde, because the buildings there were not ready yet. The
transformer is going to reduce the electric current from 380,000 volts to
110,000 volts and it is going to power 100,000 households with electricity.
With the commissioning date in the transformer station Linde the transformer
is going to take over the main load in the station.
The transport of the heavyweight was taken over from the Deutsche
Bahn AG with her affiliated company Nuclear Cargo & Service GmbH from Hanau,
which is even accountable for the castor transports on the rails.
The transport already arrived the train station Wuppertal-Oberbarmen on
Monday in the early morning. Some weeks ago the connecting line
was restore, where the transformer was to be reloaded."
The following photos were shot by Michael Baier and found on his
webpage, and are used with his
permission. These are great shots that show both
the rail and road use of the schnabel car.
The following is my take at translating the page.
On November 14, 2003 at the company Gontermann Gontermann-Peipers in the Siegener quarter Kaan
Marienborn shipped a 265 ton heavy roller. The back-up roller for a steel plant in Dillingen is the
largest workpiece, which is produced with GP. During the production over 600 tons liquid steel,
before the turning off weighed the blank 353.3 tons were used. In order to bring this largest roller
of the world after Dillingen, the employment of the schnabel car Uaai 838 with assigned
Durchladelaengstraegern was necessary. Over 51m long cars 215t weighs, loaded empty already
distributes itself 480t on the 24 axles. The empty car was brought by locomotive
2 (ex Siegener circular path locomotive 12) in the work.
The following photos were taken by Michael Ruge in the Nürnberg area on August 17, 2003.
The photos are used here with Micahel's permission. Michael has a
great web site.
The following photos were taken by Michael Barthels, and they are from his
website. These photos are used with Michael's
permission. They were taken on 07/05/03.
The following photos were taken by Marc Verheijen, and are used with his permission. They were taken on
May 29, 2003.
Arnold Gilden sent the following photos, they are used here with his permission. Railion Benelux, the company Arnold works
for transported a transformer on one of DB's UAAI 838 wagons. The transformer weights 263 tons. The transfomer was loaded in
Nijmegen (the Netherlands), and transported to Emmerich (Germany).
These photos were sent to my by Jan Dorst. Jan lives in the Netherlands. He belongs to the
Heavy Haulage and Crane Model Club .
In May watched a movement of a transformer from Nijmegen (the Netherlands) to Germany.
The transformator was picked-up by the 24 axle from DB-cargo and was pulled by a diesel
of the 6400 serie of Raillion.
The following photos were taken by Michael Zimmerman on March 25, 2003, in Solingen-Ohligs, industrial area Monhof.
These photos are used with Michael's permission. Michael has a great
web site.
On this trip the transformer weighted 285 tons without oil and 349 tons with oil.
Gerätewagen (equipment car) 40 80 94-01 006-8
Lü-Begleitwagen (accompany car for oversize-controlling) 63 80 99-46 002-1
Trafotransportwagen 86 80 99-64 900-6
The transportation-company is called "NCS" = Nuclear Cargo Service and is a part of "DB" = Deutsche Bahn.
The transformer traveled from Solingen-Ohligs to Wachtberg-Ließem
maximum travel speed 40km/h via Köln-Kalk via Euskirchen to Meckenheim. In Meckenheim the "schnabel" switch to road transportation to Ließem.
The following photos were shot by Michael Baier and found on his
webpage, and are used with his
permission. These are great shots that show both
the rail and road use of the schnabel car.
In order for the schnabel car and transformer to fit through a tunnel along the route, the tracks in the tunnel
had to be lowered almost 30" and the profile changed. The above shot show the clearance car that
was used to measure the tunnel.
At the end of the rail portion of the trip, the transformer and schnabel "arms" were lifted
off of the rail ends and placed on large "multi wheel" trucks for the rest of the journey.
Additional power was added to get up some grades.
Photos and articles in print:
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Equipment Diagrams:
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Related Patents:
patents are a good place to find diagrams.
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Commercial Models:
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