20te railcar hits the road
A 20te Talgo railcar has hit the British motorway, as Allelys brought the unit, measuring 13.7 metres in length, from Barrow Hill Railway Roundhouse in Chesterfield to the Global Centre of Rail Excellence in Onllwyn. The company’s in-house engineering team identified a suitable route and engineered a transport arrangement on it bespoke 5-axle Goldhofer rail trailer.
“The first stage of the operation was to load and secure the railcar onto the trailer. Typically we would use a ramp and winch technique, however, due to the complex design and construction of this particular railcar, a solution was designed to complete a tandem crane lift to safely load the cargo,” explained Jamie Woodland, Commercial Manager at Allelys.
Allelys managed all lift requirements internally, including designing the appropriate lifting solution, creating detailed lift plans and providing specific method statements and risk assessments. The team then utilised its 100te and 200te mobile cranes and appropriate lifting tackle to safely and securely load the railcar onto the trailer.
Once the railcar was successfully loaded to the 5-axle rail trailer and tractor unit combination, it could begin its transportation to the site. Travelling across a long and challenging route, overcoming tight corners and difficult pinch points along the way, the load arrived at the Global Centre of Rail Excellence site in Onllwyn, South Wales, where the cargo was safely offloaded and delivered via a second tandem crane lift operation.
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