- CargoSprinter
The "CargoSprinter" is a
multiple unit (orarticulated )freight car ;it could also be thought of as a container lorry that runs on rails.Built by the German company Windhoff, it is in effect a self-propelledflatcar for containers. It is intended to recapture some of the freight market back from road trucks, by making it economically feasible to carry small amounts of freight to the individual sidings of warehouses and businesses, without the complications and overhead of conventionallocomotive -hauledtrain s.The unit consists of two driving and power units, each fitted with a full width cab and two
Volvo truck engines for propulsion, which operate in a push pull mode, with up to seven trailers in between. The drive train is hydraulic via an automatic 5-speed gearbox, and has a maximum speed of 120 km/h. [ [http://www.windhoff.com/e/v1/csp/cargoaus.htm Windhoff - CRT CargoSprinter details] ] The complete train has a total power output of 4 x 265 - 1060 kilowatts and weighs 118 tons. [ [http://www.windhoff.com/e/v1/csp/cargodba.htm Windhoff - CargoSprinter Deutsche Bahn AG, Germany] ]Usage
* In
Australia theCRT Group introduced the first CargoSprinter toAustralia in February 2002.cite journal
author = Peter Attenborough
year = 2006
month = February
title = Colin Rees Transport (CRT)
journal = Australian Model Railway Magazine
volume = 22
issue = 256
pages = page 38 ] After a number of promotional trips, the CargoSprinter operated a tri-weekly service from Melbourne to Wodonga in 2003, followed by a port shuttle from thePort of Melbourne to Altona from September 1 that year, before being put into storage.* In
Germany CargoSprinter units are operated byDeutsche Bahn .* In the
United Kingdom 25 two car units are operated byNetwork Rail as theBritish Rail MPV , grouped into five distinct types.A 'Fire Fighting and Rescue Train' concept vehicle has also been developed by Windhoff. [ [http://www.windhoff.com/e/v1/lrz/index.htm Windhoff - Fire Fighting and Rescue Train] ]
ee also
*
British Rail MPV
*M250 series (Similar Japanese train)References
External links
* [http://www.windhoff.com/e/index_v1.htm Windhoff GmbH]
* Photo: [http://www.bahnbilder.de/bilder/1519.jpgGerman CargoSprinter train]
* Photo: [http://glen7224.fotopic.net/p4445285.html CRT Group CargoSprinter in service, May 2004]
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