Construction train
A construction train is a train that is used in the construction and maintenance of railway systems.
function
A construction train is one of the railway service vehicles reserved for internal purposes . These trains allow the transport of material for the construction or repair of railway lines to and from the construction site, or they serve as work equipment on a railway construction site .
Types
In the area of surface works there are the trains as UM or speed track , can be maintained on an existing line of the superstructure which, including the replacement of the tracks . There are also construction trains with which - without changing the tracks - the ballast is only cleaned and recycled , which serves to improve the rail bedding. A slewing rail crane, since it can only be driven with a protective wagon, always comes to the site as a construction train and not as a single vehicle . Construction trains are usually used for catenary work , while tower cars are also used for repairs and maintenance .
Construction train for driving pile foundations along the track
Construction train for overhead line work
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Other meanings
- Construction train also refers to a small military unit , a subdivision of a company , among the pioneers and also has the meaning of the railway construction brigade, i.e. in both cases a personnel squad.
- Construction train also refers to a column of different vehicles that is used to build a construction in civil engineering, e.g. B. in road construction a truck with a chute, an asphalt paver as sAFM and a steamroller all driving in a row.