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(11) | EP 1 985 516 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Transporting rails over a railway |
(57) The invention relates to a train of mutually coupled wagons to a length of 80 metres
at a minimum wherein a bundle of rails with a length of 80 metres at a minimum is
supported by the wagons such that the bundle bears and wherein the bundle supporting
wagons are of the type to transport removable containers. The the bundle supporting
wagons are provided with quick coupling means to mount the removable containers and
supporting blocks and centre fixation are mounted to said quick coupling means. It
also relates to a method wherein containers and a bundle of rails are transported
in an alternating manner by a number of mutually coupled train wagons which are equipped
with quick couplings for releasable mounting of the containers, with which quick couplings
during transport of the bundle the supporting blocks and centre fixation are mounted
to the wagons to retain the bundle to the wagons.
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