Machines for changing sleepers

Hydraulic Gantry Crane Pair PTH 350:

For the self-loading of sleepers on flat wagons and for transport away from site.
Lifting capacity per crane: 9 Mp.

by Cemafer GmbH
PTH 350
© Plasser&Theurer

Sleeper exchange train:

To exchange wooden and concrete sleepers in the track with drive unit and removal device. Moreover, with horizontally rotatable sleeper gripping clamps. Capacity about 40 sleepers per hour. 

Sleeper changing train
Sleeper changing train
© Plasser&Theurer

Sleeper positioner and rail expanding machine PRD 9:

For lining up sleepers in the sideways direction and spacing them apart as well as for spreading them out and moving rails closer together.  

by Cemafer GmbH
PRD 9
© Plasser&Theurer

You can find suitable specialist literature to the topic here:

Handbook Railway vehicles

Hanbook railway vehicles (German)
Hanbook railway vehicles (German)

This book fills the gap in the market between the numerous theoretical works, which are limited to one topic or few specific topics on rail vehicle technology, and the books for professionals. The target group for this book is students of railways and rail vehicle technology as well as professionals from the industry who wish to refresh or supplement their knowledge.

In nearly 190 years of railway history, rail vehicle technology has constantly developed. Today the technical knowledge necessary for the development, construction, operation and maintenance is so complex and extensive that it can not be comprehensively mastered by a single specialist alone.

The Basic Principles of Mechanised Track Maintenance

The Basic Principles of Mechanised Track Maintenance

This book is dedicated to the many people involved in the day to day planning and performance of track maintenance activities. Providing a practical approach to everyday challenges in mechanised track maintenance, it is not just intended as a theoretical approach to the track system.

Railways aim at transporting people and freight safely, rapidly, regularly, comfortably and on time from one place to another. This book is directed to track infrastructure departments contributing to the above objective by ensuring the track infrastructure’s reliability, availability, maintainability and safety – denoted by the acronym RAMS. Regular, effective and affordable track maintenance enable RAMS to be achieved.