Arbegui 16 Axle


Description:

This sixteen axle schnabel car is owned by Arbegui of Spain. It is still in service.


Specification:

Capacity

550,000 lbs.

Light Weight

 

Load Limit

 

Number of axles

16

Empty Car Length

 

Maximum Loaded Length

 

Maximum Vertical Load Shifting ability

500mm

Maximum Horizontal Load Shifting ability (either side of car center line)

500mm

 


Photos:

The following information and photo are from the Arbegui website.

There are three different types of composition of the 16 axle wagons:

a).- wagon with an intermediate beam.

b).- wagon with a cage.

c).- wagon without traverse shifting for boilers.

The first two have a net load capacity of 164 tons, exceeding the normal limits of Renfe gauge. These loads are accompanied by personnel to handle the elevations (maximum 500 mm.) and shifting (500 mm to the right and 500 mm to the left).

The transport of boilers are normally within tha gauge established by Renfe and the net load capacity in 275 tons.

In the picture;

a.- 125 T. cross beam transformer.

b.- Transportation of a 145 T. caged turbine.


The following photo was sent to me by Julen. He works for Arbegui.


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