Arbegui 24 Axle


Description:

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


Specification:

Capacity

800,000 lbs.

Light Weight

 

Load Limit

 

Number of axles

20

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.

The 24 axle wagons have three different compositions:

a).- wagon with an intermediate beam.

b).- wagon with a cage.

c).- wagon for self-supported load.

The first two have a net load capacity of 380 tons. exceeding the normal limits of Renfe for the intermediate beam and 300 tons for cage transport.

These loads are accompanied by personnel to handle the elevations (maximum 500 mm.) and shifts (500 mm to the right and 500 mm to the left)

For self-supported loads the net capacity is 400 tons.

In the picture;

a.- 255 T. cross beam transformer.

b.- Self-supporting 240 T. transformer.





The following photos were sent to me by Julen. He works for Arbegui.


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