WTW

Switch and crossing assemblies are valuable assets requiring careful handling from manufacturing to laying. The WTW switch transport wagon, a four-axle auxiliary vehicle in standard railway vehicle design, was specially developed to transport complete switches or switch sections fully assembled in the factory over long distances. The switch or switch section is mounted on the wagon in horizontal position. Synchronously controlled hydraulic cylinders raise the loading bridges together with the switch into the required slanting position. This ensures that the permissible loading gauge is not exceeded. The WTW carries four hydraulically tilting loading bridges and is equipped with a separate power supply via diesel engine and hydraulic plant. The WTW is equipped with a displacement device, which shifts the center of gravity of the switch in horizontal position towards the center of the machine in order to reduce the tilting moment and also to avoid masts or other railway equipment in the worksite area.