(19)
(11) EP 1 985 516 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.10.2008 Bulletin 2008/44

(21) Application number: 08007809.0

(22) Date of filing: 23.04.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B61D 45/00(2006.01)
B61D 3/20(2006.01)
 B61D 3/16(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 23.04.2007 NL 1033732

(71) Applicant: Voestalpine Railpro BV
1222 AB Hilversum (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • De Glopper, Menno
    NL-1222 AB Hilversum (NL)

(74) Representative: Assendelft, Jacobus H.W. 
Keukenhofdreef 20
2161 AZ Lisse
2161 AZ Lisse (NL)

   


(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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